Architecture Talk Series

Architecture Talk Series: Cities And Urban Living In Japan 1868-2025

The Architecture Talk Series brings together renowned academics and scholars of Japanese architecture and urbanism. Held over four weeks at The Japan Foundation, Sydney and online, these seminars present an overview of representative examples of buildings and designers which prompted a radical phase of change in the construction of larger cities, new modern buildings and infrastructures in Japan, from the Meiji Era to the contemporary period.

The speakers will investigate and present selected architectures and projects in their historical background spanning four periods: From the end of Edo feudal Period to the beginning of the 20th Century; the phase of modernisation of Japan till the End of the Pacific War 1900-1945; The Post-war reconstruction and the rapid urban and economic growth in 1945-1979; From the years of the so-called “Bubble” to the contemporary period 1980-2023.