Results for "Pollock, Naomi"

A visual celebration and record of Japan’s demolished postwar architectural gems and a look at why they’ve been torn down.

As in other countries, not every mid-century modern building in Japan can be, or even deserves to be saved. Yet a swathe of these works—those that achieved new architectural...

Brutalist Interiors reveals the hitherto overlooked interiors of Brutalist and concrete buildings around the world. The book combines photography of select interiors with essays by leading architectural writers and academics on subjects ranging from childhood inside Montreal's Habitat 67 to the...

A complete sourcebook revealing the evolution of the Japanese modern dwelling during eight decades that transformed Japan.

Imagine a rowhouse whose courtyard separates the kitchen from the bedroom. Or a tiny, triangular tower of rooms stacked one above another. Quirky, experimental, and utterly...

This groundbreaking, comprehensive overview of Japanese design during the last eight decades is a gorgeous book that will appeal to artists, craftspeople, designers, and historians.

“Pollock knows the country’s design history well and the key role that design has in Japanese society. . . . In nearly...

Edited by Naomi Pollock, with photography by Jimmy Cohrssen, the bilingual (Japanese and English) map serves as an expertly curated guide to Tokyo's unique concrete architecture. This map highlights the most unique and influential examples of concrete buildings and structures across the city...

Quirky, surprising and entertaining - with more than 400 houses, Jutaku is architecture at the speed of Japan.

Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. Japan's contemporary culture is constantly in flux. In stark contrast to the centuries old imperial architecture of Kyoto, recent Japanese architectural...

A career-spanning monograph of the work of NUNO, one of Japan’s most innovative and respected textile design studios.

Named for the word meaning “cloth” in Japanese, NUNO is one of Japan’s most important textile companies. It was founded in 1984 by the legendary Junichi Arai and the company’s...

'Made in Japan' is a simple phrase, but one full of meaning. From kettles and cutlery to chairs, Japan creates some of the most innovative, elegant, whimsical and well-made objects in the world. Combining high aesthetic standards with cutting-edge technology, many of these designs turn everyday...

Hitoshi Abe (b. 1962) is one of the most important rising figures in contemporary Japanese architecture. After graduating from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, he worked in the cutting-edge architecture practice Coop Himmelb(l)au before establishing his own studio, Atelier Hitoshi Abe, in Sendai, Japan. He...

The first comprehensive monograph on Japan's most creative, experimental and visionary architect, Sou Fujimoto

Occasionally an architect emerges whose vision is so fresh that it causes us to reconsider the very nature of architecture. Sou Fujimoto is one of those architects. Guided by instinct and...