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.
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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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.