By Christopher Mead

The Hypospace of Japanese Architecture asks how Japanese architects have responded to the bombing of Hiroshima. The book’s cultural study grounds Japanese architecture in its social, political, philosophical, religious, literary, artistic, and environmental contexts, and is of interest to architectural professionals, historians, students of East and West, and general readers interested in Japan. Twin volumes of text and images map the creative pathways taken by architects in post-atomic Japan. The text volume delves into key buildings, events, and ideas; the image volume lays out a parallel visual narrative of nearly 800 photographs selected from historic sources and site visits.