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Home » Authors » Naomi Pollock, FAIA

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

Contributing Editor Naomi Pollock, FAIA, is the author of Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook and the forthcoming Vanishing Japan: Modern Architecture Gone But Not Forgotten,
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Moveable Floating Galleries Bring a Burst of Color to Shigeru Ban’s Simose Art Museum

Naomi Pollock, FAIA
August 15, 2023
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Located outside of Hiroshima, the seaside project highlights the Pritzker Prize–winning Japanese architect’s novel use of existing technologies and materials.


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Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Complete White Lily–Inspired Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Manila

Naomi Pollock, FAIA
June 22, 2023
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Anchored by a pair of "petal"-clad buildings, the hilltop campus is the Tokyo-based architect's first project in the Philippines. 


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Tsuruoka House

Design Vanguard 2023: Kiyo Takeda Architects

Tokyo
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
June 1, 2023
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For the young Tokyo architect, who worked under Kengo Kuma for a decade, integrating natural elements with concrete, glass, and steel has become second nature.
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Ishinomaki Cultural Center

Sou Fujimoto's Multifaceted Cultural Center Puts a Japanese Town on the Road to Recovery

Ishinomaki, Japan
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
April 18, 2023
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Sou Fujimoto builds a community hub using familiar forms for a Japanese town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and Tsunami.
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Ueno Toshogu Shrine Pavilions

Two Intricate Structures by Hiroshi Nakamura Enhance the Experience of a 17th-Century Shinto Shrine

Tokyo
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
March 17, 2023
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The Shrine Amulet Place of Conferment and a Meditation Pavilion create a spiritual inner approach to the Ueno Toshogu Shrine.
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Digesting Metabolism

A New Volume Provides Food for Thought on Metabolist Architecture in Japan

Review: Digesting Metabolism: Artificial Land in Japan 1954–2202 by Casey Mack
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
January 30, 2023
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As opposed to Modernism’s swapping of old for new, Metabolism promoted “replacement as an ongoing process.”


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Yashima Mountaintop Park

Takashi Suo's Sinuous Pavilion Snakes Around its Mountaintop Site in Japan

Takamatsu, Japan
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
December 15, 2022
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Takashi Suo crafts a dramatic mountaintop attraction clad with scaly stone shingles to revitalize an abandoned but treasured landscape in Japan.
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Ube House and Restaurant

Junya Ishigami Unearths the Beauty of Building Below the Surface

Ube, Japan
Naomi Pollock, FAIA
December 13, 2022
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The Tokyo-based architect digs deep to create a hybrid house and restaurant for an intrepid entrepreneur in Japan.
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Zen Wellness Center.

Snapshot: Shigeru Ban Sets a Zen Wellness Center on Japan’s Awaji Island

Naomi Pollock, FAIA
October 31, 2022
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This center for the learning and practice of meditation and yoga on Awaji Island was designed to uplift both body and soul.
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Hungarian House of Music.

Sou Fujimoto Melds the Hungarian House of Music with its Natural Surroundings

Naomi Pollock, FAIA
September 15, 2022
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Under a hovering roof, Sou Fujimoto’s House of Music embraces the Budapest park it sits within.
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