This special yearbook edition of ‘The Japan Architect’ gathers 34 notable projects by Japanese architects; ones which offer critical, globally-oriented perspectives on the state of architecture in the country today, almost two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It takes a look at reconstruction efforts by architects, along with new research processes, high-rise developments, methods of craftsmanship and new approaches to living. Includes essays by Shoko Fukuya, Paolo Baratta, Peter Cachola Schmal, Bijoy Jain, Hannes Rössler, and others, plus an interview with David Chipperfield about this year’s Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

This special yearbook edition of The Japan Architect gathers 34 notable projects by Japanese architects; ones which offer critical, globally-oriented perspectives on the state of architecture in the country today, almost two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. It takes a look at reconstruction efforts by architects, along with new research processes, high-rise developments, methods of craftsmanship and new approaches to living. Includes essays by Shoko Fukuya, Paolo Baratta, Peter Cachola Schmal, Bijoy Jain, Hannes Rösler, and others, plus an interview with David Chipperfield about this year’s Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Featured projects:

D.T. Suzuki Museum by Taniguchi and Associates
Zendai Himalayas Center by Arata Isozaki & Associates
Ao-re Nagaoka by Kengo Kuma & Associates
Daikanyama Tsutaya Books by Klein Dytham Architecture / RIA
Kyoai Commons by Office of Kumiko Inui
Uto Elementary School by Kazuhiro Kojima + Kazuko Akamatsu / CAt
Kogakuin University 125th Memorial Education Center by Chiba Manabu Architects
Asahi Kindergarten by Takaharu+Yui Tezuka / Tezuka Architects + Norihide Imagawa / TIS&PARTNERS
Kokoro Shelter Fire Fighter’s House by Takasaki Architects
Home-for-All in Heita by Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop
Home-for-All for Kamaishi Shopping Street by Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects + Ito Juku
Home-for-All for Rikuzentakata by Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects + Office of Kumiko Inui + Sou Fujimoto Architects + Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office + Naoya Hatakeyama
Asahikawa Station by Naito Architect & Associates + Hokkaido Railway Company + Japan Transportation Consultants
Hitachi Station and Free - Corridor by Kazuyo Sejima & Associates + The Environmental Development Around Hitachi Station Department + East Japan Railway Company Mito Branch Office + JR East Design Corporation
Restration and Preservation of the Tokyo Station, Marunouchi Building by East Japan Railway Company + JR East Design Corporation + JR East Consultants Company
JP Tower by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei + Murphy/Jahn + Kengo Kuma & Associates
Shibuya Hikarie by Nikken Sekkei and Tokyu Architects & Engineers Project Consortium
Jingumae Building by ChuoArchi
Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center by Kengo Kuma & Associates
AKASAKA K-TOWER by KAJIMA DESIGN
Shimizu Corporation Head Office by Shimizu Corporation
TOKYO SKYTREE®, TOKYO SKYTREE TOWN® by Nikken Sekkei
Otaki Town Hall by Chiba Manabu Architects
The Third Stir Factory of Kamoi Kakoushi by Makoto Takei + Chie Nabeshima / TNA
Kiya Ryokan by Yuko Nagayama & Associates
Toyosakinagaya (Minaminagaya+Kitahatenagaya) by Osaka City University, Takehara and Koike Laboratory
The Difference of Ebitsuka by 403architecture [dajiba]
Residential Complex Stock Renewal at Kangetsukyo by UR + Open A + Itsuro Hoshida Architect’s & Urban Planner’s Office DG Communications
SHAREyaraicho by Satoko Shinohara + Ayano Uchimura / Spatial Design Studio
Sugoroku Office by Met Architects + Nawakenji-m
House in Rokko by Yo Shimada
Daylight House by TAKESHI HOSAKA architects
Coil by Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office
Tsuchihashi House by Kazuyo Sejima & Associates