Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan

Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This book provides an overview, using design examples and interviews, and presents current positions of young architects as well as of Pritzker Prize winners.

Now as before, Japanese architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This publication provides an overview of its many design concepts and cross-references. Using design examples and interviews, the book presents thirteen current positions.The publication focuses on young architects who take up extremely independent positions within Japanese architecture, as well as on Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and Fumihiko Maki.

Six essays by European specialists on Japan provide supplementary insights into the aesthetics and space concepts of Japanese architecture, making cross-references to Japan’s architectural history, and explaining current lines of development. The book thus combines a self-reflective approach with an outsider’s analytical view.

• | Author: Daniel Hubert, Susanne Kohte, Hubertus Adam
• | Publisher: Birkhauser
• | Publication Date: Mar 20, 2017
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9783035608465
• | ISBN-10: 3035608466