Oita Prefectural Library. Oita, Japan. 1966. Arata Isozaki. Photographed by Osamu Murai.
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Oita Prefectural Library. Oita, Japan. 1966. Arata Isozaki. Photographed by Osamu Murai.
"Bara no mimi" by Miki Tomio.
Book: Tokyo, 1955-1970 : a new avant-garde by Chong, Doryun
"Japanese optical and geometrical art" by Hajime Ouchi. 1977
Glass Station. Oguni, Japan. By Shoei Yoh. Completed in 1993.
“Like a gigantic soap bubble or a bending tennis racket, Yoh's undulating laminated glass canopy covers a gas station situated at the entrance to the small lumber-producing town…”
JAPANESE COMPACT CULTURE: STACK
“Stacking objects of the same shape makes use of vertical space, saving valuable horizontal space. Stacking is practical, but the action of piling or unpiling objects also gives them the added beauty of movement. Stacking objects integrates them into a three-dimensional, sculptural form; unstacking them revives the individuality and autonomy of each unit. For practical use, the three-dimensional form must be dismantled and by the manipulation of human hands, static beauty is made dynamic. A pile of graduated saké cups is an elegant form, but its function is dormant. Only when saké is poured into the upper. most cup and served, then into the next, and so on, do the parts come into their own as they are separated from the integrated form and scattered in many directions.”
Clipped from a fascinating book entitled; "The Compact culture : the ethos of Japanese life" by Yoshida Mitsukuni, Tanaka Ikko and Sesoko Tsune. Published 1982
A to D from "Trademarks & symbols" by Kuwayama, Yasaburō
Kamioka Town Hall. Gifu, Japan, 1976-78.
Arata Isozaki - architect.
Yasuhiro Ishimoto - photographer.
Tsuyama Cultural Centre. Architect: Koshi Kawashima

Home and office in Shimokitazawa. Architect Hideyuki Nakayama. 2007
Ura House by Takamasa Yoshizaka. 1956. Hyogo.
Photo: Yasuhide Kuge
Kameki Tsuchiura House interior. Architect: Kameki Tschiura. Tokyo. 1935.
📷:Joe Shimizu
Institut français du Japon Tokyo (1951) by Junzo Sakakura, Tokyo
📷: Yasuhide Kuge
Once the atelier of Itsuko Hasegawa.
“Walking is mapping with your feet. It helps you piece a city together, connecting up neighbourhoods that might otherwise have remained disc
Silver Hut by Toyo Ito. 1984. Nakano, Tokyo.
Photographer: Y Futagawa
Kinoshita Clinic by Shoei Yoh. 1979. Nishi-ku, Fukouka.
House at Hanakoganei by Toyo Ito. Tokyo. 1983.
Photographer: T. Kobayashi
House at a Bus Stop by Kunihiko Hayakawa. 1982. Tokyo.
Photographer: Y Takase