Contemporary Japanese Architecture. XL

English edition. Japan's contemporary architecture has long been among the most creative in the world, recognized for sustainability and endless creativity. Seven Japanese architects have won the Pritzker Prize.
Ever since the '70 Osaka World Expo brought contemporary forms to center stage, Japan has been a key player in global architecture. With his deliberately limited vocabulary of geometric shapes, Tadao Ando has since put Japanese construction on the world cultural map, establishing a bridge between East and West. In the wake of Ando's mostly concrete buildings, figures such as Kengo Kuma (Japan's National Stadium for the Olympic Games), Shigeru Ban (Mount Fuji World Heritage Center) and Kazuyo Sejima (Museum of Contemporary Art of 21 ° Century of Kanazawa) have paved the way for a more sustainable approach. Younger generations have successfully developed new directions in Japanese architecture that are in harmony with nature and connected to traditional building. Rather than designing on the drawing board, the architects featured in this collection stand out for their endless pursuit of form, truly reacting to their environment.