Architecture in Japan: Perceptions, developments and interconnections

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Architecture in Japan: Perceptions, developments and interconnections 6
4. Encounters
5. Fumihiko Maki 18
6. Toyo Ito 34
7. Osamu Ishiyama 50
8. Ryoji Suzuki 62
9. Riken Yamamoto 76
10. Hiroaki Kimura 90
11. Makoto Sei Watanabe 106
12. Jun Aoki 120
13. Hiroshi Nakao 134
14. Sou Fujimoto 148
15. Ryuji Nakamura 162
16. Junya Ishigami 176
17. Go Hasegawa 190
18. Positions
19. Cultural translations: Japanese architecture between East and West 204
20. The Japanese contribution to modern architecture in Europe 214
21. Between tradition and modernity: The two sides of Japanese pre-war architecture 226
22. The traumas of modernization: Architecture in Japan after 1945 238
23. Japan’s architectural system 250
24. References to traditions in contemporary architecture in Japan 258
25. Appendix
26. Editors and authors 266
27. Index of names 268
28. Illustration credits 270
29. Acknowledgments 271