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Modern Japanese Architecture Part 1: From Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- How Japanese architecture came to differ from that of the West
- A brief cultural history of Japan in the modern period
- Greater understanding of the works of several prominent Japanese designers
- Materials and design methods used by architects in Japan
- Overall goals and constraints affecting early Japanese architects
Prerequisite
Instructors
David B. Stewart
Specially Appointed Professor
Tokyo Institute of Technology
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