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Japan Three Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

Pritzker Architecture Prize Winners • Documentary, Special Interest, 01-Jan-1989

In an examination of Modernism, Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects studies seven innovative minds who fuse Japanese traditions with modern materials and technology. Bonded by a belief in architectural savagery and brute minimalism, Itsuko Hasegawa, Arata Isozaki, Toyo Ito, Tadao Ando, Kasuo Shinohara, Fumihiko Maki, and Kenzo Tange shine in this Golden Age of Japanese architecture.

Tags
House Under High Tension Wires, Ukiyoye Museum, Centennial Hall (Tokyo Institute of Technology), BY House, Kumamoto House, The Bizan Hall music school Ito: Silver Hut, U-shaped house, The Spiral, Fujisawa Gymnasium, Kamioka Town Hall, Tsukuba City Center, Museum of Contemporary Arts (LA), Musashi Hill Golf Club, Fujimi country club Ando: Mount Rokko chapel, Mount Rokko Apartments, Koshino house, Olympic Stadium, modernism, Japanese design, minimalism, tradition, earthquake, terrain, enviornment, realism, symbolism, found materials, "savage" concrete, brutality, steel, culture, resources, heritage
Cast
Itsuko Hasegawa Self
Arata Isozaki Self
Toyo Ito Self
Tadao Ando Self
Kasuo Shinohara Self
Fumihiko Maki Self
Kenzo Tange Self
Crew
Michael Blackwood director
Michael Blackwood producer
Wibke von Bonin producer
Kelley Forsyth producer
Kenneth Frampton narrator

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