Architecture in Tokyo: 60s & 70sPictures from an ongoing book project about iconic Japanese architecture in Tokyo

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Portfolio Architecture in Tokyo: 60s & 70s

Japan’s rise to global economic power has been studied widely through the lenses of the social sciences. Yet pure historical accounts are thin on the ground. And Tokyo’s exceptional architecture, while discussed in numerous architectural guides, has rarely been placed in the context of this history. Using a novel approach of understanding society through space, this book brings the first three decades of Japanese post-war history back to life by approaching important themes and topics through some of Tokyo’s iconic buildings. This book project has an important additional dimension: In a country prone to earthquakes and a prevailing scrap and build mentality, many of these buildings may not survive the next decades. It is also for their future memory that this book is being written.