Residential Architecture
Kazuo Shinohara’s perennial text on residential architecture is fundamental to the understanding of traditional Japanese building methods and a source of inspiration for all great contemporary Japanese architects to this day. Its first publication in English makes this book available to a global audience and marks Kazuo Shinohara’s (1925–2006) centennial in 2025.
Kazuo Shinohara’s perennial text on residential architecture is fundamental to the understanding of traditional Japanese building methods and a source of inspiration for all great contemporary Japanese architects to this day. Its first publication in English makes this book available to a global audience and marks Kazuo Shinohara’s (1925–2006) centennial in 2025. Kazuo Shinoharas Buch über Wohnhäuser ist einer der wichtigsten Texte zur modernen Architektur Japans – fundamental für das Verständnis traditioneller Bauweisen und bis heute Inspirationsquelle aller grossen japanischen Architekten der Gegenwart.
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284 Seiten
Kartoniert / Broschiert
Park Books, 22.01.2026
Englisch
ISBN/EAN 9783038604587
Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) is widely revered as one of the most eminent and influential modern Japanese architects. He graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1953, where he also became a professor in 1970, and established his own Tokyo-based practice in 1954, going on to design more than 30 residential buildings, as well as many key public buildings across Japan. Christian Dehli and Andrea Grolimund founded their Zurich-based architecture firm Dehli Grolimund in 2019, when they also published their first book, Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses . In 2022, they oversaw the reconstruction of Kazuo Shinohara’s relocated Umbrella House (1961) on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany.
First English edition of Kazuo Shinohara’s perennial book on residential architecture Published in Japanese as Jûtaku kenchiku in 1964, this is one of the most significant texts on Japanese residential architecture of the late 20th century Offers deep insights into traditional Japanese architecture and is fundamental to the understanding of Kazuo Shinohara’s work Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006) is one of the most distinguished and influential Japanese architects of the 20th century