{"title":"Books by Mira Locher","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9784805315880","title":"Zen Garden Design","description":"Zen Buddhist priest Shunmyo Masuno understands that today's busy world leaves little time or space for self-reflection, but that a garden—even in the most urban of spaces—can provide some respite. In his words, \"The garden is a special spiritual place where the mind dwells.\" With this in mind, Masuno has designed scores of spectacular Japanese gardens and landscapes with the aim of helping people achieve a balanced life in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores Masuno's design process and ideas, which are integral to his daily Zen training and teachings. It features 15 unique gardens and contemplative landscapes completed in six countries over as many years—all thoughtfully described and documented in full-color photos and drawings. Readers will also find insights on Masuno's philosophy of garden design and a conversation between the designer and famed architect Terunobu Fujimori.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Garden Design\u003c\/i\u003e provides an in-depth examination of Masuno's gardens and landscapes—not just as beautiful spaces, but as places for meditation and contemplation.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56310950756725,"sku":"9784805315880","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9784805315880_904b0dff-0e59-4fd5-9585-9d01de6a9090.jpg?v=1786031816"},{"product_id":"9784805311943","title":"Zen Gardens","description":"Shunmyo Masuno, Japan's leading garden designer, is at once Japan's most highly acclaimed landscape architect and an 18th-generation Zen Buddhist priest, presiding over daily ceremonies at the Kenkoji Temple in Yokohama. He is celebrated for his unique ability to blend strikingly contemporary elements with the traditional design vernacular. He has worked in ultramodern urban hotels and some of Japan's most famous classic gardens. In each project, his work as a designer of landscape architecture is inseparable from his Buddhist practice. Each becomes a Zen garden, \"a special spiritual place where the mind dwells.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautiful book, illustrated with more than 400 drawings and color photographs, is the first complete retrospective of Masuno's work to be published in English. It presents 37 major gardens around the world in a wide variety of types and settings: traditional and contemporary, urban and rural, public spaces and private residences, and including temple, office, hotel and campus venues. Masuno achieved fame for his work in Japan, but he is becoming increasingly known internationally, and in 2011 completed his first commission in the United States which is shown here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZen Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, divided into three chapters, covers: \"Traditional Zen Gardens,\" \"Contemporary Zen Gardens\" and \"Zen Gardens outside Japan.\" Each Zen garden design is described and analyzed by author Mira Locher, herself an architect and a scholar well versed in Japanese culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating the accomplishments of an influential, world-class designer, \u003ci\u003eZen Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e also serves as something of a master class in Japanese garden design and appreciation: how to perceive a Japanese garden, how to understand one, even how to make one yourself. Like one of Masuno's gardens, the book can be a place for contemplation and mindful repose.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311205331317,"sku":"9784805311943","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9784805311943_5a254422-36e0-41d1-8548-ff37b28b3cbb.jpg?v=1786035189"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-mira-locher.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}