Sou Fujimoto: Architecture Works 1995–2015 is the architect's own comprehensive survey of two decades of experimentation — built projects, unrealised proposals, and conceptual work gathered into a single volume that reveals both the breadth and the underlying coherence of his practice.
About This Book
Sou Fujimoto is among the most formally inventive architects working today, and this monograph is structured to reflect the way his thinking actually operates: not chronologically, but as a network of interrelated ideas. Each project entry carries index references to other works that share conceptual DNA, allowing readers to trace recurring preoccupations — the boundary between interior and exterior, between nature and artifice, between shelter and landscape — across twenty years of practice. The inclusion of unrealised projects alongside built work makes this a genuine record of architectural thinking, not simply a portfolio. Richly illustrated and introduced in Fujimoto's own words.
Key Features
- 376 pages of richly illustrated built works, concepts, new ideas, and unrealised projects
- Author: Sou Fujimoto
- Introduction written by Sou Fujimoto
- Cross-referenced project index enabling readers to trace interconnected concepts across the full body of work
- Published by Toto, 2015
What You'll Discover
- How Fujimoto uses cross-referencing between projects to make visible the conceptual threads running through his entire practice
- The role of patient trial and error — including failed and unrealised proposals — in the development of his most ambitious built work
- The consistency of formal and philosophical inquiry beneath a body of work remarkable for its apparent diversity
- Fujimoto's own articulation of his design philosophy, presented in his introduction as a direct account of how ideas accumulate over time
About the Author
Sou Fujimoto is a Japanese architect whose practice spans residential, cultural, and installation work characterised by a sustained investigation into primitive and elemental notions of space. This volume spans the first two decades of his output, from 1995 to 2015.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 376
- Dimensions: 190 x 250 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9784887063495
- Publisher: Toto
- Publication Date: 2015
Perfect For: Architects and students drawn to contemporary Japanese architecture, designers interested in how a sustained conceptual practice evolves over time, and anyone seeking a monograph that functions as intellectual document rather than mere showcase.