john barrJan 113 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|18 : 114th Bank Headquarters : Nikken SekkeiDo|Co|Mo|Mo is an international organisation dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of th...
john barrDec 16, 20204 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|17 : Kyoto International Conference Centre : Sachio OtaniDo|Co|Mo|Mo is an international organisation dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of th...
john barrJul 24, 20204 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|16 : Tokyo Olympic Stadium : Kenzo TangeKenzo Tange’s Yoyogi Stadium came to symbolise the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and, more than that, along with the Bullet Train, it came to sym
john barrJul 8, 20203 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|15 : St. Mary’s Cathedral : Kenzo TangeSt. Mary's Cathedral Tokyo was opened in the same year as the Yoyogi Olympic Stadia designed by Kenzo Tange for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
john barrMay 29, 20204 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|14 : Nanzan University : Antonin RaymondDo|Co|Mo|Mo is an international organisation dedicated to the Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of th...
john barrFeb 4, 20204 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|13 : San-Ai Dream Centre : Nikken SekkeiThe San-Ai Dream Centre has stood the test of time due to a design that maintains a clear focus on the purpose of the building.
john barrJan 6, 20208 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|12 : Gunma Music Centre : Antonin RaymondGunma Music Centre, by Antonin Raymond, uses thin folded concrete plates to create a rigid structure that is earthquake resistant.
John BarrOct 22, 20198 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|11 Ozaki Memorial Hall : Ichiro EbiharaThe Osaka Memorial Hall marks the introduction of parliamentary democracy to Japan and the possibility of a new beginning after the destruct
John BarrAug 30, 20197 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|10 Toyoda Hall : Fumihiko MakiToyoda Hall, Fumihiko Maki's debut project, contains the seeds of ideas that he has continued to develop throughout his career...
John BarrAug 2, 20195 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|09 Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Hideo KosakaThe design of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building represents a time when modernism was concerned with the creation of a socially-engage
John BarrJul 2, 201910 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|08 Kasuien : Togo MuranoTogo Murano is one of the best known and most prolific 20th century architects in Japan. He is admired by architectural specialists and the
John BarrJun 4, 20194 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|07 : Ura House : Takamasa YoshizakaThe Ura House, designed by Takamasa Yoshizaka in 1956, is influenced by Corbusian ideas but also anticipates Japanese Metabolism.
John BarrMay 7, 20193 minFrom Imperial Power to Consumer Power : Imperial Palace, Kyoto to Naka Incineration Plant, HiroshimaThe Imperial Palace Kyoto and Naka Incineration Plant Hiroshima illustrate Japan's movement from a pre-modern, feudal, emperor-worshippi
John BarrApr 29, 20194 minDo|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 an
John BarrFeb 26, 201920 minTokyo Story : Looking Without Trying to Prove AnythingBetween 1932 and 1962 Yasujiro Ozu made a series of films that provide a slice of Tokyo life during the arrival of Modernism in Japan.
John BarrDec 12, 20189 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|05 : Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices : Takamatsu : Kenzo TangeThe Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices (1958) offered a radical new vision of what Japanese public buildings might be and are perhaps Ken
John BarrNov 21, 20186 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|04 : The Hiroshima Peace Centre : Kenzo TangeThe Japanese government held an architectural competition for the design of the Peace Centre, which was won by Kenzo Tange with an apparentl
John BarrNov 3, 20183 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|03 : The International House of Japan : Kunio Maekawa, Junzo Sakakura, Junzo YoshiThe International House of Japan can be seen as a symbol of Japan's attempt to transition into the modern era and is set against the bac
John BarrOct 12, 20185 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|02 : Dojunkai Apartments : Tokyo : Dojunkai CorporationThe real value of Tokyo's Dojunkai Apartments has been ignored in the rush to maximise economic gain from the land that they occupied.
John BarrOct 5, 20182 minDo|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|01 : Tokyo Women's Christian University : Antonin RaymondTokyo Women's Christian University, designed by Antonin Raymond, was selected by DoCoMoMo as one of the top 100 Modernist buildings in J