A+U 577 Architecture In Taiwan

Taiwan is densely populated along the island’s perimeter and largely covered with steep, rugged mountain ranges spanning from north to south. Strong ties exist between the authorities, academics, developers, building professions, and citizens, and despite its volatile political and challenging economic situations, the administering of public works and commissioning of various commercial projects has maintained its creativity and rationality. Through first-hand experience the magazine explores more than 20 projects borne out of the unique conditions on Taiwan, among them works by Mecanoo, Jun Aoki, Jay Chiu, OMA, Casagrande Laboratory, Fieldoffice Architects, and others.

• Essay: Taiwan Architecture: a Quarter Century of Change, Chun-Hsiung Wang
• Fieldoffice Architects, Cherry Orchard Cemetery
• Jay Chiu Architects, 921 Earthquake Museum Chelungpu Fault Gallery
• Kris Yao ARTECH, Lanyang Museum
• Fieldoffice Architects, First Vascular Bundle
• HARMONIOUS Architects & Planners, Sanshing Township Office
• Fieldoffice Architects, Luodong Cultural Working House
• Mecanoo architecten, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts
• Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, National Taichung Theatre
• OMA, Taipei Performing Arts Centre
• Essay: The Architectural Culture of Taiwan, a Special Island, Yasuaki Onoda
• behet bondzio lin architekten, Hsinfu Market Restoration / U-Market
• EHS Archilab, Folio Daan Hotel
• Atelier Or, Shih Chien University Campus Renovation
• B.M.T. Atelier, International Bodhisattva Sangha
• HARMONIOUS Architects & Planners, House in Meinong
• Casagrande Laboratory, Ultra-Ruin
• Fieldevo Design Studio, Ayni House
• Chih-Jen Yeh (BK) Architects, Idle House
• Akihisa Hirata Architecture Office, Fu Fu Hwa He
• Wen Sheng Lee Architects and Planners, Interconnection
• Jun Aoki & Associates, JUT Bing Jiang Center
• Jay Chiu Architects, Pavilion for Yunlin Agricultural Expo – Fashion Runway
• Atelier Or, The Memory of 80’s Pavilion
• Divooe Zein Architects, Siu Siu – Lab of Primitive Senses
• Essay Series, vol. 6: Niche Shines and Temples, Suguru Kanata

192 pages, ills colour & bw / 22 x 29 cm / English, Japanese