Encounters and Positions: Architecture in Japan

All new on the eastern front

Now as before, Japanese
architecture is very popular in Europe and the western world. This
publication provides an overview of its many design concepts and
cross-references. Using design examples and interviews, the book
presents thirteen current positions.The publication focuses on young
architects who take up extremely independent positions within Japanese
architecture, as well as on Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and Fumihiko
Maki.

Six essays by European specialists on Japan provide
supplementary insights into the aesthetics and space concepts of
Japanese architecture, making cross-references to Japan's architectural
history, and explaining current lines of development. The book thus
combines a self-reflective approach with an outsider's analytical view.

• Paints a picture of the diversity of contemporary Japanese architecture
• Combines self-reflective positions with an outsider's analytical view
• Based on a successful series of events at University of Applied Sciences Cologne