Itsuko Hasegawa

This next title in the Everything Without Content series of books on architectural projects focuses solely on the Shonandai cultural centre, the first major public project and defining masterpiece of Japan's celebrated architect Itsuko Hasegawa. This eccentric post-modern building, completed in 1990, was the first large-scale public facility to have been designed by a female architect in Japan. It exemplifies her lightness of touch, using simple materials and dynamic forms, and burying the demanding founda