Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers

When the World Floats: Material Buoyancy in Contemporary Design by Hiroshi Ota p.8, Substance and Transience in Japanese Architecture and Design p.11, Lightness p.19, Expanding Boundaries by Takaharu Tezuka p.23, The Presence of Absence by Kengo Kuma p.35, Weightless Surfaces by Yasuhiro Yamashita p.45, A Small Moment by Oki Sato p.57, Strength in Weakness by Shigeru Ban p.69, Atmosphere p.83, Information Architecture by Kenya Hara p.87, Invisible Architecture by Kazuyo Sejima p.99, Substance and Abstraction Tadao Ando p.111, A Canvas for Light by Eriko Horiki p.121, Evoking the Primal by Terunobu Fujimori p.133, Flow p.145, Recoding Materiality by Jun Aoki p.149, Pattern and Movement by Hitoshi Abe p.161, Connective Tissue by Shuhei Endo p.173, The Fluidity of Fabric by Reiko Sudo p.183, Liquid Architecture by Sachiko Kodama p.193, Emergence p.201, The Emerging Grid by Toyo Ito p.205, Natural Logic by Makoto Sei Watanabe p.217, Soft Interface by Akira Wakita p.229, Summoning Nature by Tokujin Yoshioka p.239, The Sound of Material by Masayo Ave p.249

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