Description

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-The book works in a modest yet open manner to face issues such as climate, environmental and ecological change, industrial transformation, and aging society -This book consists of several innovative cases to demonstrate how the operation knowledge in different industries can be applied to each other -Taiwan based firm publishes its bilingual monograph The book Cultivating Compassion: Humanistic Architecture as Practiced by JJP Architects and Planners details the history and development of JJP. It contains 21 completed projects. The page layout of this book is elegant with abundant photos and illustrations. And through the dialogue, commentary articles and other means it fully demonstrates the firm's philosophy and core values. The spindle continues the pre-set - 'Freedom in Design' in the design essence of -?-?-?, the selection of works implies that introspection also has the image of the times, regardless of the spirit of form and place, new development and application, structure, materials and construction methods discussions, as well as cross-field cooperation and other program practices, reflect the JJP's changing situation, as the original intention of human values and a lot of architectural appearance. Text in English and Simplified Chinese.

About the Author

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Joshua Jih Pan, FAIA, is Founding Principal of J. J. Pan and Partners, Architects and Planners. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree at Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 1963. He subsequently received his professional degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1966 and Master of Science degree in Architecture/Urban Design from Columbia University the following year. He then worked at the firms of Philip Johnson & Richard Foster; Davis, Brody & Associates in New York; and Collins Uhl Hoisington Anderson in New Jersey. He obtained his US architect license in 1972 and Taiwanese license in 1977, and founded J. J. Pan and Partners in 1981. The firm has since completed over 600 projects and received scores of domestic and international design awards, along with numerous appearances in professional publications. He was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1994 and received Taiwan's prestigious 'Outstanding Architect' Award in 1996, China's Class-1 registered architect qualification in 2009, the Outstanding Alumnus Award of National Cheng Kung University in 2013, and National Award for Arts in 2016.