Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|11 Ozaki Memorial Hall : Ichiro Ebihara
The Osaka Memorial Hall marks the introduction of parliamentary democracy to Japan and the possibility of a new beginning after WWII.
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John Barr
Aug 30, 20197 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|10 Toyoda Hall : Fumihiko Maki
Toyoda Hall, Fumihiko Maki's debut project, contains the seeds of ideas that he has continued to develop throughout his career...
John Barr
Aug 2, 20195 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|09 Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Hideo Kosaka
The design of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building represents a time when modernism was concerned with social issues.
John Barr
Jun 4, 20194 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|07 : Ura House : Takamasa Yoshizaka
The Ura House, designed by Takamasa Yoshizaka in 1956, is influenced by Corbusian ideas but also anticipates Japanese Metabolism.
John Barr
Apr 29, 20194 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|06 : Osaka Gas Building : Takeo Yasui.
The Osaka Gas Building, designed by Takeo Yasui and completed in 1933, reflects Osaka's optimistic embrace of the future at that time.
John Barr
Dec 12, 20189 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|05 : Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices : Takamatsu : Kenzo Tange
The Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices (1958) offered a radical new vision of what Japanese public buildings might be.
John Barr
Nov 21, 20186 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|04 : The Hiroshima Peace Centre : Kenzo Tange
The background to the Hiroshima Peace Centre hardly needs to be explained: the first use of the Atomic Bomb and the deaths of over 200,000.
John Barr
Oct 12, 20185 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|02 : Dojunkai Apartments : Tokyo : Dojunkai Corporation
The real value of Tokyo's Dojunkai Apartments has been ignored in the rush to maximise economic gain from the land that they occupied.
John Barr
Oct 5, 20182 min read
Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|01 : Tokyo Women's Christian University : Antonin Raymond
Tokyo Women's Christian University is Antonin Raymond's first major building in Japan.
John Barr
Apr 25, 201816 min read
Katsura Imperial Villa (All Things to All Men)
In the 20th century Katsura Imperial Villa became a kind of touchstone for the essence of Japanese architecture.
John Barr
Feb 2, 201810 min read
MOMA Kamakura : The Last Japanese Building
One of the qualities of traditional Japanese architecture rarely acknowledged is that, for the most part, it was built cheaply.
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