AR OCTOBER 2001
JAPAN

VIEW
28 Revelatory landscapes; outrage in Machu Picchu; tall buildings conference; Browser

VIEW FROM KALININGRAD
38 By Christina Fagerström

DESIGN REVIEW
40 Street furniture, Tokyo, Japan KLEIN DYTHAM ARCHITECTURE

COMMENT
42 Japan on the edge – reconciling ritual with reality

THEME
46 Mediathèque, Sendai, Japan TOYO ITO
52 Woodblock print museum, Bato, Japan KENGO KUMA
57 Community centre, Fukuroi, Japan ITSUKO HASEGAWA
62 Sports stadium, Sendai, Japan HITOSHI ABE
66 Buddhist temple, Saijo, Japan TADAO ANDO
70 Children’s day-care centre, Odate, Japan SHIGERU BAN
72 Offices and warehouse, Tokyo, Japan ATELIER BOW-WOW
74 House, Hadano, Japan TEZUKA ARCHITECTS
77 House, Kawagoe, Japan SHIGERU BAN

URBANISM
80 Made in Tokyo – the search for a more fluid and humane urbanism

INTERIOR DESIGN
84 Vegetarian restaurant, Tokyo, Japan KLEIN DYTHAM ARCHITECTURE
86 Restaurant, Sendai, Japan HITOSHI ABE

PRODUCT REVIEW
89 Interior finishes

BOOKS
96 Utzon’s sphere; tropical architecture; New Tech garden; Venturi, Scott Brown; sustainability

DELIGHT
98 Out of Japan exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London FELICE BEATO

COVER
46 TOYO ITO Mediathèque, Sendai, Japan Photograph by Dennis Gilbert/VIEW