After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan
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Expatriate architect Thomas Daniell, now a resident in Kyoto, takes us on a historical and spatial tour of his adopted home country. Part architectural handbook, part critical look at contemporary building, After the Crash spans the economy, infrastructure, and impossibly small spaces of modern Japan.
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