Japan Houses in Ferroconcrete is a much sought-after book about new-wave Japanese minimalism. Published in 1988, the book opens a viewpoint towards one of the most influential movements of post-modern architecture and the stunning detailing of Japanese ferroconcrete structures. The editor is Makoto Uyeda (b. 1935), a Japanese architecture critic; the photographs are by Junichi Shimomura.
The book showcases 21 examples of private houses where ferroconcrete is the main structural and architectural material. The featured architects are, for example, Tadao Ando, Tsutomu Abe, Kazuhiro Ishii, Toyo Ito, Fumihiko Maki and many other world-renowned masters of Japanese architecture. Japan Houses in Ferroconcrete presents their buildings with architectural drawings and a variety of both black-and-white and colour photographs. The book also gives detailed project descriptions and an introduction to Japanese architectural thinking and aesthetics as reviewed from the 1980s perspective. The texts are both in Japanese and in English.
The copy currently in our stock is in good condition. The pages are clean, no markings. The glueing of the binding is fine. The dust jacket shows only some small signs of shelf wear, edge wear, and use. There is an old price sticker on the back cover. Please note that the product photos have been taken from our earlier copy.
