Kazuo Shinohara

2025 marks the centenary of Kazuo Shinohara (1925–2006), a pivotal figure in 20th-century Japanese architecture. This acclaimed book, first published by Quart Verlag in 2019 and a winner of a 2020 Most Beautiful Swiss Books award, is now available in a new edition. Kazuo Shinohara—3 Houses examines three of his key works: the House in White (1966), the House in Uehara (1976), and the House in Yokohama (1984). The large-format volume presents floor plans, sections, and elevations, newly redrawn to Shinohara’s scale, alongside his hand drawings and archival photographs. Contributions by historian David B. Stewart (1942–2025) and architect Shin-ichi Okuyama contextualize the homes within his oeuvre and explore his methods. A foreword by Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA cofounder and 2010 Pritzker Prize laureate, underscores Shinohara’s enduring influence on contemporary Japanese architecture.