After the airy insubstantiality of Sou Fujimoto’s Serpentine Pavilion, House K comes as something of a surprise. While both projects develop spatial vistas that unfold
(image: Iwan Baan) Sou Fujimoto’s structure in Kensington Gardens leaves us yearning for more permanent realisations of his utopian architectural vision The verdict on this
For a mountainous, populous country, Japan has a pronounced aversion to building on sloping land. The danger of landslips during earthquakes is the usual explanation,
Tokyo’s metabolists, like London’s Archigram and Paris’ situationists, are one of those conjunctions of energy, talent and idealism of the 1960s that can make the
Julian Worrall is a writer and assistant professor at Waseda University in Japan and an Icon contributing editor. Also an architect, he worked for OMA.
Erecting a museum enshrining your own name and work must rate as a clinical indicator of a narcissistic dictatorial personality, not to mention the acme
Bold colour in architecture, especially in public buildings, can be a delicate matter. Designs that renounce the drab environments of modern life are reliable conversation
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