Arata Isozaki (1931–2022) undoubtedly ranks among Japan’s, and in fact the world’s, most distinguished architects. He ran his own firm in Tokyo from 1963 and realised buildings in many countries, as well as holding teaching appointments at Columbia, Harvard, and Yale universities. He created a body of work that has constantly evolved and transformed over decades. His best-known designs include the Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art in Fukuoka, the Shenzhen Cultural Center Concert Hall, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, the Berliner Volksbank office building on Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, the Palasport Olimpico in Turin, and the Allianz Tower (Il Dritto) in Milan. Isozaki was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1986 and the Pritzker Prize in 2019.<\/p>\n
Arata Isozaki: In Formation<\/em><\/strong> is the first new monograph on the architect in 15 years.. Conceived in close collaboration with Arata Isozaki & Associates, the book features photographs, plans, model images, drawings, and watercolours from all periods of Isozaki’s career. Arranged thematically, it follows key concepts of the architect’s creative development from the 1970s throughout his lifetime. Introductory essays round off this comprehensive survey of an outstanding architectural oeuvre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first new monograph in nearly twenty years on Arata Isozaki, one of Japan’s most distinguished architects and 2019 Pritzker Prize laureate.
Arata Isozaki and Modernity in Asian
\nArchitecture: The Opening Forum for
\nIn Formation
\n11
\n“In Formation” and Arata Isozaki’s
\nArchitectural Journey ➡ Xiangning Li
\n13
\nArata Isozaki: In Formation ➡ Aric Chen
\n21
\nIsozaki and Our Inheritance ➡ Qian Hu
\n25
\nParadoxical Processes ➡ Ken Tadashi Oshima
\n31
\nArata Isozaki and China ➡ Koji Ichikawa
\n43
\nArata Isozaki and Contemporary Art
\n➡ Shigeru Matsui
\n49
\nFrame and Flux ➡ Naohiko Hino
\n55
\nWriting on Architecture ➡ Arata Isozaki
\n61
\nIncubation Process ➡ Arata Isozaki
\n67
\n71 Ruin
\n72 Electric Labyrinth
\n75 6th International Architecture
\nExhibition, La Biennale di Venezia,
\nJapanese Pavilion Fractures
\n80 Kenzo Tange Lab, A Plan for Tokyo
\n84 “City Demolition Industry, Inc.”
\n88 City in the Air, Shinjuku Project
\n91 Incubation Process
\n96 City in the Air, Shibuya Project
\n99 Process
\n100 Oita Medical Hall
\n103 Oita Prefectural Library (Art Plaza)
\n106 Nakayama House
\n111 Cybernetics
\n112 From Space to Environment
\n115 Fukuoka Mutual Bank, Oita Branch
\n118 Fukuoka Mutual Bank, Head Office
\n121 Festival Plaza, EXPO ’70 Osaka:
\nBasic Concept and Performance System
\n126 Computer Aided City Project
\n130 Palladium Club
\n133 MA (Trans)
\n134 MAN transFORMS
\n136 MA: Space-Time in Japan
\n141 Isle
\n142 Nine Houses
\n144 Arai House (Responsive House) Project
\n147 Genesis
\n148 Monroe Curve\/Marilyn on the Line
\n150 The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
\n154 The Kitakyushu City Museum of Art
\n157 The Kitakyushu Central Library
\n162 Fujimi Country Clubhouse
\n164 The Museum of Contemporary Art,
\nLos Angeles
\n167 Tsukuba Center Building
\n171 Art Tower Mito
\n176 Team Disney Building
\n179 New Form
\n180 New Tokyo City Hall Competition
\n183 Shenzhen Cultural Center
\n187 Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games Main
\nSports Hall–Palau Sant Jordi
\n190 Nara Centennial Hall
\n192 Domus: La Casa del Hombre
\n(Interactive Museum about Humans)
\n196 Shanghai Symphony Hall
\n198 Allianz Tower
\n203 Flux
\n204 Shanghai Zendai Himalayas Center
\n208 Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
\nArt Museum
\n211 National Grand Theater Limited
\nCompetition
\n214 Lucerne Festival Ark Nova (in
\ncollaboration with Anish Kapoor)
\n216 New Florence Station Competition
\n218 Qatar National Convention Center
\n221 Atlas (Archipelago)
\n222 China International Practical
\nExhibition of Architecture–
\nConference Center
\n224 Akiyoshidai International Arts
\nVillage
\n228 Mirage City
\n231 Qatar National Library Project
\n233 Zhengdong New District Long Hu Area,
\nSubCBD, Master Plan
\n238 The Millennium House—Sheikh Saud
\nAl-Thani Villa Project
\n240 Obscured Horizon
\n244 Travel Sketches
\n246 Series of Watercolors
\nCurriculum Vitae
\n253
\nImage Credits
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