Skrevet af SENG KUAN / CHR KEREZ
One of the greatest and most influential architects of Japans postwar generation, Shinohara Kazuo (19252006) has remained virtually unknown outside the small community of devoted followers. As one of the leaders of architectural movement Metabolism, Shinohara achieved cult-figure stature with sublimely beautiful, purist houses that break away from Japans postwar suburban architecture.
This volume brings together new scholarship from the foremost specialists on Shinohara and Japans modern architecture. New perspectives and historical frameworks range from the development of the small house as a building type in postwar Japan to Shinoharas engagement with French critical theory. Hitherto unpublished archival drawings and personal travel photographs by Shinohara complement the essays.
