My book, History Builds: John Ruskin and American Architecture 1839-1968, received the AIJ Book Award 2022.https://www.aij.or.jp/eng/prizes/prize/prize22.html From the comment: “…… This is a fascinating book that provides a high-quality intellectual adventure for the general reader as it explores the traces of Ruskin, who reigned but remained absent from the history of modern American architecture. Please […]

“Problems in the History of Western Architecture” Round Table #3, that was postponed because of the chaotic situation, will be held at Zoom!! Takeshi Goto, Sumiko Eibara and Guangyou Yang will be the guests. Saturday 12 December 2020, 14:00-16:30Booking here >>> (Sorry, only Japanese will be available on the day)

The Society for the Study of Japonisme will hold “International Symposium 2020” on 10 October 2020. I’ll present about “The Eloquence around Mies van der Rohe: Myth-making of Japanese Influence”. The Symposium will be held on Zoom, and, in order to listen to the simultaneous translation in Japanese or English, you need to download and install Interprefy […]