This second volume of the book From Protoform To Protoscape is a captivating and gorgeously presented overview of recent work (2005-2013) by the acclaimed Japanese architect Hiroshi Naito.

This monograph features more than 20 diverse projects, both realised and under development, through detailed plans and drawings, project data and chronology, myriad photographs and an extensive, insightful essay by Hiroshi Naito himself.

From large-scale works like Asahikawa Station, the Shimane Arts Centre and Azumino City Hall, to single-family homes, university buildings and the Makino Memorial Garden

This second volume of the book From Protoform To Protoscape is a captivating and gorgeously presented overview of recent work (2005-2013) by the acclaimed Japanese architect Hiroshi Naito.

This monograph features more than 20 diverse projects, both realised and under development, through detailed plans and drawings, project data and chronology, myriad photographs and an extensive, insightful essay by Hiroshi Naito himself.

From large-scale works like Asahikawa Station, the Shimane Arts Centre and Azumino City Hall, to single-family homes, university buildings and the Makino Memorial Garden, he invests in each a fundamental quest to answer the challenge of designing architecture for all living things, and to step beyond the framework of everyday society.