ABSTRACT
Architect, Japan Regularly described as a “philosopher of architecture,” Kazuo Shinohara is as well
known for his writing as he is for his designs. Despite producing barely 50 buildings in almost as many years, each of his works has been exquisitely crafted to express a particular philosophical position. Rather than discussing these buildings in isolation, Shinohara presents them as models of how he believes architecture should respond to the modern world. Through his writing and teaching, Shinohara influenced an entire generation of post-World War II Japanese architects, including Toyo Ito, Itsuko Hasegawa, and Issei Sakamoto, who were known collectively in the 1970s as the “Shinohara school.”
