Jun Aoki Notebooks (Limited edition : number 849 / 1000)

The range of work undertaken by Japanese architect Jun Aoki, from homes to public architecture, such as the Aomori Museum of Art, and commercial projects, can be scrutinised in incredible depth thanks to this anthology of 104 of his notebooks, which covers a period of almost 20 years (1992-2012). Published in their entirety in chronological order, unrevised and unedited, they show sketches, memos, conversation notes and calculations, enabling us to actually see the thoughts of the architect and vicariously participate in the creative process. Includes a list of works, a detailed index of each notebook, plus essays by Minoru Shimizu, Ken Takahashi and Jun Aoki himself.