{"product_id":"uncrating-the-japanese-house-junzo-yoshimura-antonin-and-nozsmi-raymond-and-george-nakashima-9781947359093","title":"Uncrating the Japanese House: Junzo Yoshimura, Antonin and Noémi Raymond, and George Nakashima","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidcentury modernism meets Japanese design in three revolutionary American buildings--the products of a unique, sustained, cross-cultural collaboration\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1953, Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura designed a now-classic Japanese house and garden that he called Shofuso. It was built in Nagoya, Japan, and shipped to New York in 1954, where it was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art and then relocated to Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The curators of MoMA's \u003ci\u003eHouse in the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e exhibition highlighted its synthesis of historic Japanese architecture with modern architecture: the clarity of the house's post and beam structure, its flexibility of use and the close relationship of indoor and outdoor spaces.\u003cbr\u003eThis extensively illustrated volume centers on Yoshimura's design for Shofuso and two allied sites located in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Raymond Farm (1939-41), a live-work residence built by Antonin and Noémi Raymond within the fabric of an existing 18th-century Quaker farmhouse; and Nakashima Studios, a complex of structures designed by George Nakashima over three decades (1947-77) to serve his furniture-making business and as his family's home. Each site, in its own way, is the embodiment of the personal relationships and cross-cultural collaborations among this group of architects and designers.\u003cbr\u003eThe Raymonds, along with Yoshimura, Nakashima and others, came to understand Japan's changing environment through the act of building, through collaboration and travel. Together, they extended these lessons into the furniture and furnishings of modern living in both Japan and the United States.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume documents an exhibition of objects and ephemera mounted at Shofuso. New York-based architectural photographer Elizabeth Felicella captures each site in a portfolio of newly commissioned images. Essays by Ken Tadashi Oshima and William Whitaker, illustrated with historical photographs, family snapshots and architectural drawings, further elucidate this important chapter in the history of modern architecture and design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yuka Yokoyama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e August Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 9.50w\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947359093","brand":"August Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45155958194313,"sku":"9781947359093","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1cd8db45-199e-4e03-9cd8-4ff205ca2578.jpg?v=1768293233","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/uncrating-the-japanese-house-junzo-yoshimura-antonin-and-nozsmi-raymond-and-george-nakashima-9781947359093","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}