MANGARCHITECTURE Absence of an Architect

An architecture book in a radical new format, MANGARCHITECTURE is built around seven short manga stories by seven artists, each based on a different project by architect Yasutaka Yoshimura. Manga creators Corsica, Tokushige Kawakatsu, Aoi Tokunaga, Gajioo Miike, Masakazu Usogawa, megumireland, and zajirogh use Yoshimura’s work as a springboard for wild flights of the imagination that simultaneously hint at new possibilities for architecture. Supplementing the manga are drawings, designs, data, and commentary on each project, as well as an essay by the architect and a thought-provoking dual chronology of the history of architecture and of manga.