Nurturing Dreams: Collected Essays on Architecture and the City

by Fumihiko Maki

Book Overview

Unavailable as a collection until now, these essays document both the intellectual journey of one of the world's leading architects and a critical period in the evolution of architectural thought. Born in Tokyo, educated in Japan and the United States, and principal of an internationally acclaimed architectural practice, celebrated architect Fumihiko Maki brings to his writings on architecture a perspective that is both global and uniquely Japanese...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262135000
• ISBN13: 9780262135009
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher