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PUBLICATION

Books

  • Daken Publishing/2012/John Barr : In Search of In'ei

  • MSA Publications/2014/Mark Baines/ John Barr/ Christopher Platt : The Library

  • Lund Humphries/2022/John Barr : 

    20th Century Japan in 20 Buildings

Works

  • Nikkei Architecture/1992/9-28 : Coffe Shop/Yamaguchi Prefecture/Japan

  • Nikkei Architecture/1993/11-30 : Hotel and Bath House/Yamaguchi Prefecture/Japan

  • Shoten Kenchiku/1993/Vol.38/No.2 : Hotel and Bath House/ Yamaguchi Prefecture/Japan

  • RIBA Journal/1993/June : Hotel and Bath House/Yamaguchi Prefecture/Japan

  • Nikkei Architecture/1994/11-28 : Transit Lounge/Kansai International Airport/Japan

  • Shoten Kenchiku/1994/Vol.39/No.12 : Transit Lounge/ Kansai International Airport/Japan

  • Shinkenchiku/1999/Vol11/No.72 : Membrane Design

  • Kindai Kenchiku/2000/3/Vol.54 : Community Centre/Gifu Prefecture/Japan

  • Kenchiku Zasshi/2003/11/Vol.118/No.1511 : Structural Space

  • Prospect/2005/September : Innovation/j.Pod System

  • Jutaku Kenchiku/2009/No.405 : Neighbourhood Regeneration/Osaka/Japan

  • Kenchiku Journal/2010/October/No.1172 : Earthquake Shelter

  • Sumu/Spring 2011/No.37 : Neighbourhood Regeneration/ Osaka/Japan

  • Homes and Interiors Scotland/2016/Issue 10 : House/ Perthshire/UK

  • The Architectural Historian/Issue 14/May 2022 : Understanding Japan through its Architecture : A review by Neil Jackson of 20th Century Japan in 20 Buildings

  • C20/The Magazine of the 20th Century Society/Issue 2022/2 : Made in Japan : An article on 20th Century Japan in 20 Buildings 

Articles and Papers

  • AT/1992/November : On Attaining First Class Architect License in Japan

  • Gekkan Bankin/1993/No.5 : On Practising Architecture in Japan

  • Prospect/2003/February : Bad Attitude (A Comparison of Design and Construction Procurement Methods in Japan and the UK)

  • Prospect/2004/April : In Search of Shadows (On the Meaning and Use of Transparency in Japanese and Western Architecture)

  • World Sustainable Building Conference/Tokyo/2005 : Recurrent Building System with Timber Monocoque

  • UIA 14th World Congress of Architecture/Tokyo/2011 : New Materials

  • Innovation Review/Issue11/June 2012 : Thermal Performance of j.Pod System

  • International Symposium on the Novelist Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki/Kobe/2012/Keynote Speaker : In Search of In'ei

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Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, Light Funnel

Published in: Form Fabric Detail

Photographs

  • Roderick Kemsley/Christopher Platt : Dwelling with Architecture

  • MSA Publications/2013/Christopher Platt/Brian Carter : Uneasy Balance

  • Architects Journal/2013/Church of the Light

  • Architects Journal/2014/Nagakin Capsule Hotel

  • Laurence King Publications/2015/Richard Weston : Architectural Visionaries

  • MSA Publications/2014/Brian Carter/Christopher Platt/ Mark Baines : Form Fabric Detail

  • A10/No.52 : Masterpiece Extended

  • A+U/2015/June/No.537/Prof.Tom Heneghan : James Stirling, The Meaning of Form

  • Conran Octopus Publications/2015/Deyan Sudjic : Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World

  • Taiyo/2016/No.236 : Special Edition on Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki

  • Gentosha/2016/Prof.Toshi Tatsumi : Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki

  • RIBA Publications/2016 : Redefining Modernism

  • Lawrence King Publications/2017/Colin Davis : A New History of Modern Architecture

  • Phaidon/2018 : Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

  • Apollo Magazine/June 2018/Douglas Murphy : The Genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

  • Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne/2019/Benoit Jacquet/Teruaki Matsuzaki/Manuel Tardits : Le Charpentier et L'Architecte.

  • MACK/2022/Mohsen Mostafavi (Ed) : Manfredo Tafuri: Modern Architecture in Japan

Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art, Facade under construction

Published in: Form Fabric Detail

Library, Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: The Library

Engineering Building, Leicester University

Published in: James Stirling - The Meaning of Form

Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: A10, No.52, Masterpiece Extended

Ishoan, Former Home of Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki

Published in: 1. In Search of In'ei

                      2. Taiyo No.236 : Special Edition on                                   Junichiro Tanizaki

Reid Building and Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: Form Fabric Detail

Reid Building and Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: Form Fabric Detail

Reid Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: Form Fabric Detail

Library, Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: The Library

Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art

Published in: 1. RIBA Exhibition : Charles Rennie Mackintosh

                      2. Apollo Magazine : The Genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Nagakin Capsule Tower, Tokyo : Kisho Kurokawa : 1972

Published in: Architects Journal

Yoyogi National Gymnasia, Tokyo : Kenzo Tange : 1960

Published in: Fifty Modern Buildings That Changed the World

Church of the Light, Ibaraki : Tadao Ando : 1989

Published in: Architects Journal

Chikatsu Asuka, Osaka : Tadao Ando : 1994

Published in: Architectural Visionaries

Boston City Hall, Boston : Kallmann McKinnell Knowles : 1969

Published in: Redefining Modernism

Kurashiki Town Hall, Kurashiki

(now the Kurashiki City Art Museum) : Kenzo Tange : 1960

Published in: 1. A New History of Modern Architecture

                      2. Phaidon Atlas of Brutalist Architecture

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Compound of Ise Shrine, Ise

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Screen Detail, Compound of Ise Shrine, Ise

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Horyuji, Western Precinct, Kondo (foreground), Goju-no-To (background)

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Horyuji, Western Precinct, Kondo (left), Goju-no-To (right), Nandaimon (background)

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Todaiji, Nara, Daibutsu-den

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Todaiji, Nara, Nandaimon

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Todaiji, Nara, Detail of Eaves

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Izumo Taisha, Izumo

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Kiyomizudera, Kyoto

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Byodoin, Uji

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Nijo Castle, Kyoto

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Shishinden

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Detail of structure

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Shokin-tei

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Shoin-ken

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Katsura Imperial Villa, Kyoto, Shokin-tei, Detail of facade

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Kasuien, Miyako Hotel, Kyoto : Togo Murano : 1959

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Kasuien, Miyako Hotel, Kyoto : Togo Murano : 1959

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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House of Hanjiro Sakamoto, Kurume

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Kinkakuji, Kyoto

Published in: Le Charpentier et L'Architecte

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Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices

Published in: Manfredo Tafuri: Modern Architecture in Japan

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