Portraits of Japanese Architects Sweeping the World

Marvel! The best thing in the world created by Japanese architects! Architectural scholar Taro Igarashi

●Written with a broad perspective overlooking the overall situation. Fumihiko Maki, Yoshio Taniguchi, Kisho Kurokawa, Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando, ​​Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa, Sou Fujimoto, Junya Ishigami...all are active The golden generation of architects from 1950 to 2000 continued to win the Pritzker Prize and won major international competitions. See how they excelled in each of their specialties and stepped onto the world stage. The genealogy of Japanese modern architects, and a comprehensive understanding of the global architectural circle. Terminology, awards and events!

Yoshio Taniguchi's MoMA addition and renovation, SANNA's Louvre Museum in Lens, and Shigeru Ban's Pompidou Macedonian branch are not just simple art museums, but will definitely appear in guide books and attract tourists from all over the world. A must-visit brand building.

In Taiwan, in order to compete with Ito in Taichung, OMA was chosen in Taipei, while Kaohsiung is Mecanoo's new work. Both of the soon-to-be-completed performing arts centers are designed by Dutch architects, while Japanese architects are Participate on this world stage. In addition, projects that are still in the design stage include SANAA’s Taichung City Second Cultural Center, Kengo Kuma’s Xinpu TAO, Shigeru Ban’s Tainan Art Museum, Hirata Kōhisa’s Taipei Complex, Sou Fujimoto’s Taipei Apartment, and Ishigami Junya’s Kinmen Port Ferry Terminal Building (the bid has been scrapped), etc., will become topical projects in Taiwan in the future and will be completed one after another. In fact, due to the decrease in the number of architectural projects in Japan in recent years, most of the important projects of Ito, SANAA, and young architects have been settled overseas. Why are the works of Japanese architects so loved all over the world? What inspirations do these phenomena and experiences have for Taiwanese architects?

For readers who love architecture, how can we understand this group of architects who have taken the world by storm? What is the genealogy of their teachers? This book written by Taro Igarashi, a well-known Japanese architectural scholar, will greatly satisfy this curiosity and desire. The first part of the book to learn about Japanese architects who took the world by storm is a timeline of architects born in the 1920s and 1930s who experienced the period of rapid economic growth after the war. These include Fumihiko Maki and Yoshio Taniguchi, who studied modernism in the United States, Kisho Kurokawa, the star who led the metabolic movement, and Arata Isozaki, who has cultivated strong connections and networks and is extremely active. The second part integrates architects born in the 1940s such as Tadao Ando and Toyo Ito, known as wild warriors, as well as architects born in the 1950s such as SANAA, Shigeru Ban, and Kengo Kuma who rose to international prominence in the era of globalization. Home.

The third part then targets the post-bubble generation. Atelier Bow-Wow and Hitoshi Abe, who were born in the 1960s, plus Sou Fujimoto and Junya Ishigami, who were born in the 1970s and worked abroad soon after their debut, etc. In addition, in each paragraph, some essays that can supplement the content of the book are also included, such as: Japanese architecture accepted in the United States, architectural activities in Asian colonies, and large-scale organizational design offices, which combine technical capabilities and The way to survive for an integrated construction company that specializes in high-precision construction.

In addition, it also includes a valuable genealogy chart of Japanese architects and a list of their works around the world.