Kyoto Kingendai Kenchiku Monogatari (Heibonsha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] Kyoto, with its image of temples, shrines, and gardens, is actually a treasure house of modern and contemporary architecture. Unusually for a major city in Japan, Kyoto was not severely damaged by air raids, making it a valuable place where one can trace the flow of architecture since the Meiji period. It is a luxurious city where visitors can view the works of top-class architects of each period, including Kingo Tatsuno, Chuta Ito, Kunio Maekawa, Togo Murano, Tadao Ando, and Koji Hara. While taking an overview of Japan's modern and contemporary architectural history, visitors will rediscover new charms of Kyoto. Focusing on 13 representative architectural works of Kyoto, we will explore the highlights of these works and the episodes of the architects who created them.

寺社仏閣や庭園のイメージがある京都は、実は近現代建築の宝庫。日本の主要都市では珍しく空襲の大きな被害を受けておらず、明治以降の建築の流れがたどれる貴重な場所である。辰野金吾、伊東忠太、前川國男、村野藤吾、安藤忠雄、原広司など各時代トップクラスの建築家の作品が鑑賞できる贅沢な街なのだ。日本の近現代建築史を概観しながら、京都の新たな魅力を再発見。京都を代表する13の建築に焦点を当て、その見どころ、建築家のエピソードをひもとく。