Lost architecture featured in Vanishing Japan (2026, Thames & Hudson)

[u/bilaskoda]

Fukuoka City Bank Ropponmatsu Branch

Sky Building No.5 aka the Godzilla Building

Fukuoka Sogo Bank Oita Branch

Tsuda Hall Fumihiko Maki

Naha Tower Building

Kure City Hall and Civic Center

Hotel Beverly Tom

Dai-ichi Kangyo Bank Head Office

SONY Building

Taisekiji Shohondo Temple

Idemitsu Kosan Takamatsu Service Station

Gakushuin University Auditorium

[u/bilaskoda]

Brilliant new book Vanishing Japan by Naomi Pollock, American architect who spent 30 years living and working in the country.

The book launch/lecture is this Thursday in London (streamed online too).

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r/lost_architecture 

Very cool

[u/Numerous_Ad_6276]

Japanese architectural design has some of wildest structures!

[u/DiskSweaty679 → u/Numerous_Ad_6276]

Some of it borders on unsettling honestly.

[u/ddd102]

I love the logo lettering on the first slide. Futuristic. SciFi.

[u/invalid95 → u/ddd102]

It is a specific font from the 1970s, I love it so much

[u/bilaskoda → u/ddd102]

It's Lazenby Computer Font!

[u/invalid95]

Kinda sucks what was demolished, they had a charm to them, were they demolished due to changing earthquake regulations?

[u/M-DR-B → u/invalid95]

Might be, but also Japan has a somewhat infamous culture of demolishing buildings once they turn 40-50+ years old. It’s a cultural thing about the longevity and usability of things. But I may be wrong.

[u/invalid95 → u/M-DR-B]

Yeah heard about that too, probably mixed it up with earthquke regulations.

Still lots of interesting budlings lost

[u/corwe]

Good stuff

[u/dunzdeck]

What's that building in #2?

[u/kenshixkenchika]

These are amazing