Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...
Born in 1941, Ando rose with his home country out of the ashes of World War II, with his early influences ranging from the Tōdai-ji and Kinkaku-ji temples in the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto to ...
Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...
Japan has one of the world’s most admired architectural traditions, one that has influenced Western artists and architects from the mid-19th century to the present. But at home Japanese architects ...
This book explores the concept of co-dividuality, an architecture that expresses a new response to joint living in the age of postindividualism, social media, and the sharing economy. The focus lies ...
In architecture, more than anywhere else, Japan plays a subtle game. These seven architectural works by masters such as Kengo Kuma and Tadao Ando show how the archipelago is shaping the future by ...
Just as the color and scent of flowers are influenced by sunlight, water, and air, so the beauty of architecture also depends on its natural environment. This is particularly true of Japanese ...
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