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Pet Architecture Guide Book Vol 2 Paperback – August 31, 2002

by Atelier Bow-Wow (Author)
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
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Pet architecture is a term for the buildings that have been squeezed into left over urban spaces. Curious shapes and inventive solutions for drainage, windows and air conditioning abound. Most of all, it is the extraordinary miniature size of these shacks, store rooms, sushi bars and bike shops which makes this project so fresh. Lovingly researched by a team of very young Japanese architects, each ‘pet’ includes a humorous description, full page photograph, a map and 3d sketch.
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  1. Print length
    176 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    World Photo Press,Japan
  4. Publication date
    August 31, 2002
  5. ISBN-10
    4846523276
  6. ISBN-13
    978-4846523275
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ World Photo Press,Japan (August 31, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4846523276
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-4846523275
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

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reevue
5.0 out of 5 stars Great pet resource
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2010
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This book is really helpful; it contains many projects of Atelier Bow-Wow and their typologies of the urban scape around different cities in Japan.

Even if you don't know how to read Japanese text, there is some English translation. The book does begin "backwards," but you can open any page within the book and see images that speak for the pair's creative problem-solving, which is neatly constructed into a livable and highly functional sliver of space.
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Mathias Østergaard
4.0 out of 5 stars Great work and beautiful drawings
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013
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The idea behind this work, to bring together the adaptations to awkward sites in Tokyo, celebrates the ingenuity and purpose of the "ugly" and the "strange". By analyzing the way people adapt to cramped conditions in a dense city, "Pet Architecture" tries to give a voice to what is most often ignored or looked down on, by telling the story of these buildings that have utilized the SLOAP rather than the prime real-estate. Get it if you love great drawings, optimisation or appreciate human ingenuity!
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Mario Guidoux
2.0 out of 5 stars thought it would be better
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2010
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i think i misunderstood the subject of the book. o thought it was about works of architects in japan working with small plots.
the book shows 'buildings' such as flower booths and the like.
the graphic design is remarkable though.
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Hermann
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2013
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Beautiful drawings, bound well, truly is a very nice book. If you know Bow-Wow then you know what you're getting.
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Angel M. Steger
5.0 out of 5 stars small pleasures
Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2005
This is a book about special structures in Tokyo, known as "pet architecture." They are built in marginal or neglected spaces, such as small traffic islands, awkward triangular strips, or blocks that got chopped up as the city modernized and widened the roads for vehicular traffic. What results are mini-architectures, which Atelier Bow-wow attempts to give a kind of logic through a case study analysis that ranges from an add-on garage to homeless shelters.

For anybody who appreciates the amazing constraints that become moments of extreme creativity, this is a great book. It has everything: nice clear organization, good photographs, and eloquent descriptions that note idiosyncrasies and aesthetic choices. Since the "pets" are listed serially, one can pick up the book, open it to any page, and begin there.
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A Nesbitt
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2015
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