The Future of Architecture / Kenzo Tange
January 28, 2020
Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future. – Kenzo Tange
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Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future. – Kenzo Tange
The U House was designed by the famous Japanese architect Toyo Ito in 1976 for his older sister, who had just lost her husband to cancer. Built in the center of Tokyo, it was demolished in 1997. The house is one of Ito’s most seminal projects.
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In China, japanese architect Kengo Kuma was chosen among ten Asian architects to design ten residences each, creating a hundred residences all together in a forest adjacent to the Great Wall of China, an environmentally mutual commune.
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Japanese Architect Atelier Bow-Wow has partnered with Muji to conceive a dual residence in the farm and city for the House Vision 2016 exhibition held in Tokyo.
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Japanese Architect Sou Fujimoto has partnered with Daito Trust Construction to “redefine the rental house” for the House Vision 2016 exhibition held in Tokyo.
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The Daylight House designed by Japanese Architect Takeshi Hosaka and completed in 2011 is a house in which residents live under natural lighting from the sky.
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The Shonan Christ Church designed by Japanese Architect Takeshi Hosaka stands at a rich green residential area which is 10-minutes away from Shonan beach on foot. The chapel of the 50-year old church became too small and it was therefore decided that a new church would be constructed on a different site. Church authorities said that the passages of the…
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The therme Suiteroom project designed by Kengo Kuma in 2015 is a penthouse restoration on top of the Vals Therme Hotel in Switzerland using local materials.
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The National Museum of Western Art designed by Le Corbusier was the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The Museum is located in the museum and zoo complex in Ueno Park in Taito, central Tokyo. The museum is also known by the English acronym NMWA (National Museum of Western Art).
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Ordinary backdrops is a series of photographs by Louise de Belles that capture the beauty of the ordinary as well as commonplaces of Japanese cities that embrace imperfection. Ordinary : adjective 1. With no special or distinctive features; normal. “he sets out to depict ordinary people” Ordinary Backdrops Photographs by Louis de Belle Work description by Louise de Belle Ordinary Backdrops is a photographic…
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