Casa Brutus – Number 292: Discover Architecture Summer Tour

Casa BRUTUS is a monthly publication from Magazine House. It is a lifestyle and design magazine that presents beautiful living topics such as design, fashion, architecture, gourmet food, travel, art, and more. The magazine is released on the 10th of each month. 

(Japanese language only!)

Discover Architecture Summer Tour
A summer trip around architecture.

100 buildings you should experience this summer.

Architecture is the largest man-made object, and is like a mass of science and technology.

I want to blend architecture and nature by wrapping that science and technology in nature. So says Terunobu Fujimori, who has created a number of buildings that have a presence like nature itself.

His latest building, Kodomari Fuji, is built on a small hill in the countryside with views of the Yatsugatake Mountains and Mt. Fuji, and is a small lodging that only accepts one group per day, harmonizing on a large scale with the surrounding nature.

The new works by star architects are also masterpieces that dynamically incorporate nature. The moment you visit, you will be touched by the powerful nature that is still seen through the frame of architecture. Why not visit such architecture this summer and take an emotional journey that touches your heart?

Terunobu Fujimori
Who is Terunobu Fujimori, the most emotional architect of today?

Sho Sakurai's journey to learn about architecture. [Special Edition]
Visiting Fuji, the latest Satoyama experience where you can stay like you live.
A trip to visit Fujimori's architecture in the Satoyama area around Suwa Taisha Shrine. Masterpieces from all over Japan where architecture and nature are connected. An architectural historian looks at the emotional masterpieces of modern architects.

BIG 3
Emotionally moving masterpieces of the future by great architects.
Naito Hiroshi, Takada Matsubara Tsunami Reconstruction Memorial Park National Memorial and Prayer Facility, and more
Ito Toyo, Onikuru
Ban Shigeru, Toyota City Museum, Shiosai Restaurant

Stunning View
An unforgettable architectural experience that resonates with nature.
France-Japan Institute, Osaka Expo, Dazaifu... a new work by Fujimoto Sousuke that sees nature. Underground, Satoyama, sea... the latest architecture to choose from by the view.

Immersive Stay
A place to immerse yourself in an architect's design.
Hotel Il Palazzo by Uchida Shigeru and Aldo Rossi is back!
The latest hotel designed by architects.

Visit the Classic
The masterpieces of architects are being unveiled one after another.
The spaceship-like house where genius engineer Kawai Kenji lived with his wife.
You can stay and visit the masterpieces of Kurokawa Kisho, Miyawaki Dan, Endo Arata, Maekawa Kunio... Chase the Nakagin Capsule, a new frontier in Metabolism architecture!

Column
Miyazawa Hiroshi's "Emo Architects Illustrated Guide"
Isozaki Arata's "The Temple-likeness, the polar opposite of liveliness"
Taniguchi Yoshio's "The World's Most Beautiful Lunch Box"
Onishi Maki + Hyakuta Yuki/o+h's "Soft enough to be crushed in a single motion"

Regulars
Hoshi Yoriko's Special Series of Original Illustrations
Chasing Love Stories - The Colors of Love

Homma Takashi's TOKYO NEW SCAPES
Kashiyuka Shoten: From All Times to Now
Sukemasa Tomoki's Miracle Closet
Nagayama Tomomi Design Hunter
Kodera Keiko's Restaurant Forecast
Hoshi Yoriko's Casa's Nekomura-san
Chill Cars: Well-designed cars that are loved across the ages.

Language: Japanese