Tamami Iinuma – JAPAN IN DER DDR
Tamami Iinuma – JAPAN IN DER DDR
| Author | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Akaaka |
| ISBN | 9784865412048 |
| Idea Code | 260045 |
Tamami Iinuma’s project traces a journey sparked by her encounter with the Interhotel Merkur (now The Westin) in the former East German city of Leipzig. Shortly thereafter, she learned it was the first European project by the Kajima Corporation, one of four large-scale turnkey projects the Japanese company carried out in the German Democratic Republic in the late 1970s. The other three were the International Trade Centre in Berlin, the Interhotel Bellevue in Dresden, and the Grand Hotel in Berlin. Among these four buildings, Iinuma chose to focus on the hotels. Her interest stemmed from the theatrical quality of hotels, spaces that often serve as backdrops for films and novels.
| 176 p, ills colour, 18 x 26 cm, pb, Japanese/English |
Akaaka
