Naomi Pollock, FAIA

Special International Correspondent, Naomi Pollock, FAIA, is the author of Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook and the editor of NUNO: Visionary Japanese Textiles.

Design Vanguard 2023: Kiyo Takeda Architects

Tokyo

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

June 1, 2023

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For the young Tokyo architect, who worked under Kengo Kuma for a decade, integrating natural elements with concrete, glass, and steel has become second nature.

Sou Fujimoto's Multifaceted Cultural Center Puts a Japanese Town on the Road to Recovery

Ishinomaki, Japan

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

April 18, 2023

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Sou Fujimoto builds a community hub using familiar forms for a Japanese town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami.

Two Intricate Structures by Hiroshi Nakamura Enhance the Experience of a 17th-Century Shinto Shrine

Tokyo

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

March 17, 2023

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The Shrine Amulet Place of Conferment and a Meditation Pavilion create a spiritual inner approach to the Ueno Toshogu Shrine.

A New Volume Provides Food for Thought on Metabolist Architecture in Japan

Review: Digesting Metabolism: Artificial Land in Japan 1954–2202 by Casey Mack

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

January 30, 2023

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As opposed to Modernism’s swapping of old for new, Metabolism promoted “replacement as an ongoing process.”

Takashi Suo's Sinuous Pavilion Snakes Around its Mountaintop Site in Japan

Takamatsu, Japan

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

December 15, 2022

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Takashi Suo crafts a dramatic mountaintop attraction clad with scaly stone shingles to revitalize an abandoned but treasured landscape in Japan.

Junya Ishigami Unearths the Beauty of Building Below the Surface

Ube, Japan

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

December 13, 2022

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The Tokyo-based architect digs deep to create a hybrid house and restaurant for an intrepid entrepreneur in Japan.

Snapshot: Shigeru Ban Sets a Zen Wellness Center on Japan’s Awaji Island

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

October 31, 2022

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This center for the learning and practice of meditation and yoga on Awaji Island was designed to uplift both body and soul.

Sou Fujimoto Melds the Hungarian House of Music with its Natural Surroundings

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

September 15, 2022

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Under a hovering roof, Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music embraces the Budapest park it sits within.

In Poland, Shigeru Ban Deploys Paper Partitions to Help Ukrainian Refugees

Ban’s modular system was used extensively following Japan’s 2011 earthquake

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

March 24, 2022

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Ban’s system, used extensively following Japan’s 2011 earthquake, has now been installed in two shelters—with more planned across Eastern Europe.

Bocconi University by SANAA

Milan

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

November 1, 2021

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SANAA meshes a sinuous cluster of gossamer buildings into the rigid urban plan of Bocconi University’s campus in Milan.

NOW ON DEMAND

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This course will go through project lifecycle stages and whole lifecycle carbon assessments, operational and embodied carbon, before focusing on operational energy basics.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

This webinar will cover how architects can affect waste reduction from building conception.