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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|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.
    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|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.
    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.
    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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