JUNZO YOSHIMURA, ANTONIN AND NOÉMI RAYMOND, GEORGE NAKASHIMA:
UNCRATING THE JAPANESE HOUSE

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• AuthorCollectif
• PublisherAugust Editions
• Date of publicationNovembre 2022
• Language(s)English
• IllustrationsColour, b&w ill.
• Pages144
• DescriptionHardback
• Price (VAT incl.)45.00 €
• AvailabilityOn order

Exhibition at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, Philadelphia, 2 September - 29 November 2020

In 1953, Japanese architect Junzo Yoshimura (1908-1997) designed Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, a synthesis of historic Japanese architecture and modern architecture: clarity of the house's post-and-beam structure, flexibility of use, and a close relationship between indoor and outdoor spaces. Built in Nagoya, Japan, Shofura was shipped to New York in 1954, where it was exhibited at MoMA before being transferred to Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.

This lavishly illustrated volume focuses on Yoshimura's design for Shofuso and two related sites in New Hope, Pennsylvania: Raymond Farm (1939-41), a working residence built by Antonin and Noémi Raymond in an eighteenth-century Quaker farmhouse, and Nakashima Studios, a collection of structures designed by George Nakashima over three decades for his furniture manufacturing business and as a family home. Each site, in its own way, embodies the personal relationships and cross-cultural collaborations of this group of architects and designers.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of objects and ephemera at Shofuso, this book, illustrated with historical photographs, family snapshots and architectural drawings, illuminates an important chapter in the history of modern architecture and design. It chronicles how the Raymond's, Yoshimura and Nakashima learned to understand Japan's changing environment and how they applied these lessons to the furniture and furnishings of modern life in Japan and the United States.

Price (VAT incl.) : 45.00 €