photography by TAKASHI HOMMA
No photographer has better captured the aesthetic of Japanese urban landscape than Takashi Homma. Here he has photographed two types of Japanese architecture — the International House and the Nishinoyama House — separated in time by half a century, both celebrating the delicate interaction between gardens, light, air, and glass in a simple, modest, and elegant way.
The INTERNATIONAL HOUSE was commissioned by the Rockefellers and built in 1955 in the heart of Tokyo by Japanese architects Kunio Maekawa, Junzo– Sakakura, and Junzo– Yoshimura. It was expanded in 1976. It houses a private, nonprofit organization for the purpose of promoting cultural exchange.
Overlooking Kyoto is the NISHINOYAMA HOUSE, a tight cluster of 10 very modern residences, constructed in 2013 by Kazuyo Sejima. Each unit interacts with one another
in a maze of picture windows, micro-gardens, and narrow passageways that both separate and unite them.
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night pictures
by Olivier Zahm and Stéphane Feugère with a portfolio by Sophie Bramly
by Michel Butel
by John Jefferson Selve
by Karley Sciortino
by Éric Troncy
by Angelo Flaccavento
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Olivier Zahm
by Sven Schumann
by Olivier Zahm
by Kazumi Kurigami
by Casper Sejersen
by Chikashi Suzuki
by Johann Bouché-Pillon
by Katja Rahlwes
by Maxime Ballesteros
by Andreas Larsson
by Benoit Peverelli
by Terry Richardson
by Simon Liberati
by Anne Dressen
by Olivier Zahm
by Takashi Homma