El Croquis 220/221: SANAA II maps eight years of output from Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa — both together and independently — across projects ranging from a national gallery in Budapest to a transit plaza in Kumamoto, making it the most comprehensive survey of SANAA's recent work in print.
About This Book
This double issue of El Croquis returns to Sejima and Nishizawa for a second dedicated monograph, covering the period from 2015 to 2023. Where the first volume (El Croquis 205) established the frame, this instalment deepens it — presenting more projects and drawing clearer distinctions between the collaborative practice of SANAA and the separate trajectories of each architect. Architecture critic and curator Bart Lootsma contributes an essay that contextualises the work critically. The result is an indispensable reference for anyone tracking the evolution of Japanese architecture at its most refined: spatial, structural, and conceptual.
Key Features
- 400 pages of project documentation, plans, sections, photographs, and critical writing
- Essay by architecture critic and curator Bart Lootsma
- Notable projects include the New National Gallery in Budapest, the Umekita Park canopy in Osaka, and the Suzhou Arts Theatre (SANAA); Nichia Corporation Yokohama Research Centre and three private homes (Sejima); and the Mishima Office Building and Sirakawa Exit Plaza at Kumamoto Station (Nishizawa)
- Published by El Croquis, 2023
What You'll Discover
- How SANAA's collaborative language — transparency, lightness, spatial ambiguity — translates across vastly different programme types, from cultural institutions to transport infrastructure
- The distinct design sensibilities Sejima and Nishizawa each pursue in their independent practices, revealed through residential and commercial commissions not undertaken under the SANAA banner
- A critical framework for reading the work, supplied by Bart Lootsma's essay, which positions these projects within broader architectural discourse
- The continuities and departures between this volume and El Croquis 205, offering a longitudinal view of one of contemporary architecture's most studied practices
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 400
- Dimensions: 250 x 340 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788412532364
- Publisher: El Croquis
- Publication Date: 2023
Perfect For: Architects and students with a serious interest in contemporary Japanese architecture, researchers tracing the evolution of SANAA, Sejima, and Nishizawa's individual and collaborative practices, and collectors of the El Croquis monograph series.