Contemporary Japanese Architecture. 45th Ed.

<p>Japan's contemporary architecture has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite creativity. No fewer than <strong>eight Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize</strong>.<br /><br />Since Osaka World Expo ’70 highlighted contemporary forms, <strong>Japan has been a key player in global architecture</strong>. Tadao Ando's geometry put Japanese building on the map, bridging East and West. After his concrete buildings, figures like Kengo Kuma, Shigeru Ban, and Kazuyo Sejima pioneered a more sustainable approach. Younger generations have taken new directions, in harmony with nature, traditional building, and an <strong>endless search for forms.<br /><br />Presenting the latest in Japanese building, </strong>this book links this unique creativity to Japan's high population density, modern economy, long history, and continual disasters in the form of earthquakes. Accepting ambiguity, constant change, and catastrophe is a key to understanding how Japanese architecture differs from that of Europe or America.<br /><br />This compact edition highlights <strong>37 architects</strong> and <strong>53 exceptional projects </strong>by Japanese masters—from <strong>Tadao Ando</strong>’s Shanghai Poly Theater, <strong>Shigeru Ban</strong>’s concert hall La Seine Musical, <strong>SANAA</strong>’s Grace Farms, <strong>Fumihiko Maki</strong>’s 4 World Trade Center to <strong>Takashi Suo</strong>’s much smaller sustainable dental clinic. An <strong>elaborate essay</strong> traces the building scene from the Metabolists to today, showing how the interaction of past, present, and future has earned contemporary Japanese architecture worldwide recognition.</p>