Acclaimed Japanese architectural photographer and founder of Global Architecture (GA) magazine Yukio Futagawa died of cancer on March 5, 2013, at the age of 80.
Futagawa published many books of photos expressing the beauty he found in traditional Japanese architecture. He felt these buildings were rooted in the landscape and expressed the wisdom of the builders, who were not architects, and that their beauty came from everyday life. His influential publications include The Roots of Japanese Architecture (1962), Forms in Japan (1963), and Folk Arts in Okinawa (1964). Futagawa also was interested in architecture from around the world. In 1970 he established the Edita Tokyo Company and began to publish a broad variety of architectural books, including a multi-volume monograph of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and the GA (Global Architecture) series, which include GA, GA Houses, GA Document, and GA Architect. The GA publishing house will continue under the leadership of Futagawa’s son, Yoshio.
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