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    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|11                         Ozaki Memorial Hall : Ichiro Ebihara
    John Barr
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 8 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|11 Ozaki Memorial Hall : Ichiro Ebihara

    The Osaka Memorial Hall marks the introduction of parliamentary democracy to Japan and the possibility of a new beginning after WWII.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|10                     Toyoda Hall : Fumihiko Maki
    John Barr
    • Aug 30, 2019
    • 7 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|10 Toyoda Hall : Fumihiko Maki

    Toyoda Hall, Fumihiko Maki's debut project, contains the seeds of ideas that he has continued to develop throughout his career...
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|09                     Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Hideo Kosaka
    John Barr
    • Aug 2, 2019
    • 5 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|09 Ministry of Foreign Affairs : Hideo Kosaka

    The design of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building represents a time when modernism was concerned with social issues.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|08                     Kasuien : Togo Murano
    John Barr
    • Jul 2, 2019
    • 10 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|08 Kasuien : Togo Murano

    Togo Murano is one of the most popular 20th century architects amongst Japanese, and yet he is not widely known outside Japan...
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|07 : Ura House : Takamasa Yoshizaka
    John Barr
    • Jun 4, 2019
    • 4 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|07 : Ura House : Takamasa Yoshizaka

    The Ura House, designed by Takamasa Yoshizaka in 1956, is influenced by Corbusian ideas but also anticipates Japanese Metabolism.
    From Imperial Power to Consumer Power : Imperial Palace, Kyoto to Naka Incineration Plant, Hiroshima
    John Barr
    • May 7, 2019
    • 3 min

    From Imperial Power to Consumer Power : Imperial Palace, Kyoto to Naka Incineration Plant, Hiroshima

    The Naka Incineration Plant Hiroshima illustrates Japan's movement from a pre-modern, feudal, society to a post-modern, consumer society.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|06 : Osaka Gas Building : Takeo Yasui.
    John Barr
    • Apr 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Do|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.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|05 : Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices : Takamatsu : Kenzo Tange
    John Barr
    • Dec 12, 2018
    • 9 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|05 : Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices : Takamatsu : Kenzo Tange

    The Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices (1958) offered a radical new vision of what Japanese public buildings might be.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|04 : The Hiroshima Peace Centre : Kenzo Tange
    John Barr
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 6 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|04 : The Hiroshima Peace Centre : Kenzo Tange

    The background to the Hiroshima Peace Centre hardly needs to be explained: the first use of the Atomic Bomb and the deaths of over 200,000.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|03 : International House of Japan : Kunio Maekawa, Junzo Sakakura, Junzo Yoshimura
    John Barr
    • Nov 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|03 : International House of Japan : Kunio Maekawa, Junzo Sakakura, Junzo Yoshimura

    The International House of Japan reflects the changed realities for Japan after WWII.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|02 : Dojunkai Apartments : Tokyo : Dojunkai Corporation
    John Barr
    • Oct 12, 2018
    • 5 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|02 : Dojunkai Apartments : Tokyo : Dojunkai Corporation

    The real value of Tokyo's Dojunkai Apartments has been ignored in the rush to maximise economic gain from the land that they occupied.
    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|01 : Tokyo Women's Christian University : Antonin Raymond
    John Barr
    • Oct 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    Do|Co|Mo|Mo|Japan|01 : Tokyo Women's Christian University : Antonin Raymond

    Tokyo Women's Christian University is Antonin Raymond's first major building in Japan.
    Yoshio Taniguchi : The Man in the White Suit
    John Barr
    • Aug 21, 2018
    • 8 min

    Yoshio Taniguchi : The Man in the White Suit

    In the 1951 film, The Man in the White Suit, chemist Sidney Stratton invents a fabric that will never crease or get dirty or wear out.
    Kiyonori Kikutake (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
    John Barr
    • Jun 29, 2018
    • 13 min

    Kiyonori Kikutake (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)

    The widow of Japanese Architect Kiyonori Kikutake has described different facets of her husband's personality, one gentle and reflective.
    Katsura Imperial Villa (All Things to All Men)
    John Barr
    • Apr 25, 2018
    • 16 min

    Katsura Imperial Villa (All Things to All Men)

    In the 20th century Katsura Imperial Villa became a kind of touchstone for the essence of Japanese architecture.
    Tadao Ando : Romanesque Architect
    John Barr
    • Mar 6, 2018
    • 6 min

    Tadao Ando : Romanesque Architect

    Tadao Ando is possibly the most famous Japanese architect of the modern era. But Ando's work is neither modern nor Japanese.
    MOMA Kamakura : The Last Japanese Building
    John Barr
    • Feb 2, 2018
    • 10 min

    MOMA Kamakura : The Last Japanese Building

    One of the qualities of traditional Japanese architecture rarely acknowledged is that, for the most part, it was built cheaply.

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