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