译者:李斯特 吴怡华 编者:(德国)克里斯汀·史蒂西Christian Schittich (editor)born 1956studied architecture at University of Technology, Munichfollowed by seven years office experience and work as author;from 1991 editorial board of DETAIL, Review of Architecturefrom 1992 responsible editor, from 1998 editor-in-chief;author and editor of numerous textbooks, several visits to Japan since 1987have enabled him to meet almost all the countrys leading architects.Gunter NitschkeBorn 1934studied architecture in Germany, urban development in London,and modern and classical Japanese in Tokyo;from 1969 lecturer in East Asian architecture and urban development, first in Princeton,then at the MIT, from 1987 at Kyoto Seika University, director of the Institute forEast Asian Architecture and Urbanism, Visiting lectureships in the USA;Author of numerous critical essays in international publications,recent books include,Japanische Garten and From Shinto to Ando.Andrea Wiegetmannborn 1969trained and worked as an architectural draughtstwoman,studied architecture at the TU Darmstadt, from 1996 work as a journalist,including work for db- deutsche Bauzeitung,from 2000 editorial board of DETAIL, from 2002 editor;intensive contact with Japanese architecture, in the field and in the course ofher editorial activities.