University of Hawaii

New book explores Japanese influences on American architecture

Reading time: 2 minutes The Japanese pavilion that stood in south Chicago from 1893 to 1946. The book’s predecessor, Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan (London: Chapman and Hall, 1993), won an International ...

The concept of 'structure/architecture' is understood differently in English-speaking countries than in Japan.

While it is called 'kozo' (structure) in Japanese, in English, it is referred to as 'structure' or 'architecture.' Where did ...
Forbes

Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma On Embracing Both Tradition And Modernity In His Global Projects

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover home design and luxury real estate. There are few architects who can say they’ve sold full residential towers in a matter ...
Hyperallergic

MoMA’s New Japanese Architecture: A Vision for the Future That’s Already Here

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...
University of Hawaii

Student travel to Japan enriches architecture exchange

In an immersive experience to discover architecture from a new perspective, students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Architecture participated in an international design exchange ...
The Real Deal

Pritzker Prize goes to “emperor of Japanese Architecture”

Arata Isozaki, once called the “emperor of Japanese architecture,” was crowned with the industry’s highest honor: the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Isozaki, 87, will be the 46th person to receive ...
CNN

The Japanese architects who treated buildings like living organisms

Editor’s Note: This article was published in partnership with Artsy, the global platform for discovering and collecting art. The original article can be seen here. In 1952, Japan faced newfound ...
Hyperallergic

How a Set of Rediscovered 19th-Century Japanese Doors Leads to Frank Lloyd Wright

Last week, a trio of late-19th-century Japanese sliding door paintings, originally believed to be missing or destroyed, finally emerged after years spent hidden in a Chicago Park District storage ...

Illustrated Guide to Japanese Names: Japanese Architecture and Daily Life Tools Edition

"In this book, we have taken up the names of objects related to traditional 'Japanese architecture' and 'daily life tools.' ...
The Atlantic

Japanese Architecture: A Visit to Some Typical Buildings

INTEREST in Japanese architecture seems to be steadily rising in the United States. American architectural periodicals show an increasing impact of Japanese influence. The Japanese “Pine Breeze House” ...
nytimes.com

Arata Isozaki, Prolific Japanese Architect, Dies at 91

In major structures in a dozen countries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Mr. Isozaki absorbed and reinterpreted Eastern and Western traditions. By Joseph Giovannini Arata ...