STRUCTURE, SPACE, MANKIND: EXPO '70
[A PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETER]
The Second Architectural Convention of Japan
[The Second Architectural Convention of Japan]: STRUCTURE, SPACE, MANKIND: EXPO '70 [A PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETER]. Osaka, Japan: The Second Architectural Convention of Japan, 1970. First edition. Title and credits in Japanese and English. A very good or better soft cover book in plain paper wrappers with printed dust jacket: top of the spine is slightly rough and there's a small chip missing from the back cover's top fore edge. Former owner's stamp on paste-down endpaper has also bled to the FEP. Otherwise, interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. 9 x 10.75 soft cover book with approx. 200 pages of full bleed photographs [3 in color] printed in gravure from Expo '70, Osaka including 5 double fold-outs [1 in color] and 6 single fold-outs [3 in color]. High space-age modernism at its best, reminiscent of Stanley Kubrick's "A Space Odyssey" and "Clockwork Orange," but ostensibly utopian, not dystopian. Gorgeous Japanese production.
Architects included Kenzo Tange, Arthur Erickson, Renzo Piano, Kisho Kurokawa and Kiyonori Kikutake.
From the commemorative web site for Expo '70: "The first world exposition to be staged in Asia, Expo '70, featuring the theme of 'progress and harmony for mankind,' was held over the 183-day period of March 15th-September 13th. Held on a site of roughly 330 hectares in the Senrikyuryo area of Osaka, the event featured exhibitors from 76 countries, four international organizations, one foreign government (Hong Kong), three U.S. states, three Canadian provinces, two U.S. cities, one German city, two corporations, and 32 domestic organizations. Expo '70 attracted more than 64,000,000 visitors -- setting a new record for world expos and rendering the event a tremendous success.
Spreads from this volume can be viewed here.
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