Architectural Apocalypse

First Edition, 2003. 146 pages. Book measures 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Hardcover in dust jacket with obi. Text in Japanese and English.

Foreword by Ryuji Miyamoto, with a text by the architect Arata Isozaki. Black and white plates throughout. Miyamoto is a leading Japanese architectural photographer renowned for his photographs capturing the ruins and demolition processes of historical buildings in Japan and around the world. Over years working in this medium, he has producing many meaningful works that evoke memories of history and time that are being forgotten in contrast to the economic development of cities and civilization. This series was compiled into the 1988 photobook "Architectural Apocalypse," which won the 14th Kimura Ihei Photography Award. This book is a revised and updated version, featuring new prints and re-editing by Miyamoto himself, and includes a text by Arata Isozaki which was in the original publication.