Wednesday, December 16, 2009



i am recently on a bit of a mission to find out more about modernist matters and architecture related to japan.

the very top photo and all photos below are via ok los angeles. they have a great blog that features the restoration of a classic modernist home and guesthouse in LA. they seem to travel to japan a bit to look for artists and artists to represent in their store, some pictures of one these included below.

claska hotel i saw on jollygoo and immediately decided i need to stay there at least one night. it is an old business hotel from the 60s renovated for contemporary japan, and i love the blue room above.

below are some links i have found so far.
i am super keen to hear of any more!

claska hotel
modern japanese architecture: masters and mannerists in the 1950s-60s
frank lloyd wright in japan
bruno taut in japan
CASA BRUTUS has a modernism in japan special edition from a few years ago,
but so far i can't find a way to get my hands on it from australia, i will keep trying...

edit:
and
this recent scientific discovery confirms in my mind how great octopuses are.
"
There's really complex behaviours that we write off because we think we're the clever ones."















7 comments:

  1. hey. i too am trying to dig into japanese modernism, takaho itagaki: kikai to geijutsu tono koryu, seems to be a touch point if not modernisms public emergence in japan. you can see the cover at my tumblr. but the book is sooo expensive. thanks / love your image collection.

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  2. thanks a lot for your comment marco. i followed your link to your tumblr, that book does seem amazing. but wow, the price tag is phenomenal indeed. i will definitely be looking more into it. thanks again.

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  3. great interiors. like the 3rd and 4th ones. what a dream to live in a place like that!

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  4. kazuo shinohara,isamu kenmochi,sori yanagi

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  5. Oh and walter gropius in japan?

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  6. hi marie - dream for sure. but i must admit i would not be able to keep to that, i like to have lots of bits and pieces hanging about...and many thanks mainichi hare for the extra information, that is so great, more avenues to explore!

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  7. http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/ - I have a publication: "Minimalismo - Minimalista. Una relexion historica." translated and republished by h.f.ullmann that has a beautiful exposition of Shigeru Ban's "Wall-Less House" or as published "House Without Walls". The website does not do the work justice.

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