The contemporary architecture of Japan has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than seven Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize.<\/p>\n
Since Osaka World Expo \u201970 brought contemporary forms center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. With his intentionally limited vocabulary of geometric forms, Tadao Ando has since then put Japanese building on the world\u2019s cultural map, establishing a bridge between East and West. In the wake of Ando\u2019s mostly concrete buildings, figures like Kengo Kuma (Japan National Stadium intended for the Olympic Games, originally planned for 2020), Shigeru Ban (Mount Fuji World Heritage Center), and Kazuyo Sejima (Kanazawa Museum of 21st Century Art of Contemporary Art) pioneered a more sustainable approach. Younger generations have successfully developed new directions in Japanese architecture that are in harmony with nature and connected to traditional building. Rather than planning on the drawing board, the architects presented in this collection stand out for their endless search for forms, truly reacting on their environment.<\/p>\n
Presenting the latest in Japanese building, this book reveals how this unique creativity is a fruit of Japan\u2019s very particular situation that includes high population density, a modern, efficient economy, a long history, and the continual presence of disasters in the form of earthquakes. Accepting ambiguity, as seen in the evanescent reflections of Sejima\u2019s Kanazawa Museum, or constant change and the threat of catastrophe is a key to understanding what makes Japanese architecture different from that of Europe or America.<\/p>\n
This XL-sized book highlights 39 architects and 55 exceptional projects by Japanese masters\u2014from Tadao Ando\u2019s Shanghai Poly Theater, Shigeru Ban\u2019s concert hall La Seine Musical, SANAA\u2019S Grace Farms, Fumihiko Maki\u2019s 4 World Trade Center, to Takashi Suo\u2019s much smaller sustainable dental clinic. Each project is introduced with photos, original floor plans and technical drawings, as well as insightful descriptions and brief biographies. An elaborate essay traces the country\u2019s building scene from the Metabolists to today and shows how the interaction of past, present, and future has earned contemporary Japanese architecture worldwide recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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