Japan and the West The Front Room documents how

The Front Room documents how the 'Windrush' generation's settlement in Britain contributed to the making of multicultural society

It pays special attention to Taaffe's acquisition of different techniques

as well as archival documentation

By showing how artists navigated the volatile market for contemporary art during a troubled time

Japan and the West The Front Room documents howThis book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven. Based on extensive research, Japan and the West provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its