ONLINE EVENT: Reverence for Nature, Passion for Precision: What can we learn from Japan's mechanical doll making tradition? by JAMES LAMBIASI, AIA FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021 @ 19:00 JST (18:30 TO 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: It is a pleasure to be invited to be a presenter for AIA Japan's informal discussion series. As our discussion topic, […]

NCARB & You: Practicing architecture in the U.S. by AIA Japan EP committee & NCARB WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2021 @ 19:00 JST (18:30 TO 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: AIA Japan and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) invite you to a live webinar on the process of obtaining a license to practice architecture […]

online lecture: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion by Geeta Mehta (Asia Initiatives) Saturday, August 28, 2021 @10:00 JST (09:30 to 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Since architecture and urban design are social acts, she believes that they must have a social purpose. However, the current model of hyper-capitalism is forcing developers and architects to create buildings only […]

Online EVENT: Asahi shuzo virtual tour: One of the World`s Largest Sake Brewery Architecture Tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo Kazuhiro Sakurai & Jun Mitsui SUMMARY: One of the world's largest sake brewery virtual tour by CEO of Asahi Shuzo. Kazuhiro Sakurai will provide a live architectural tour of the brewery building and the design […]

PRODUCT TO PLANET by Leon Rost, AIA (BIG) Thursday, September 16, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: From hand-held product to a city-building scale, Leon demonstrates how wood can be an integral aspect of a concept design, and carry through into execution. Google projects in California and London deploy mass timber as […]

NATURE IN AND AROUND BUILDING by JUNKO ANAZAWA (ATELIER Fuuchi) Thursday, September 30, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: In a country with diverse topography and rich plant community, Japanese have developed human-nature intimacy and unique spatial relationships between buildings, gardens, and landscapes. Now we live in a society where most people […]

The Future of Carbon Neutral Design by Junko Nakagawa (Atelier Ten) Thursday, October 21, 2021 @19:00 JST (18:30 to 19:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: As the urgency to address climate change and halt greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continues to grow, designers have a responsibility to make smart design decisions to minimize their buildings’ GHG emissions. The […]

Search Term by Shohei Shigematsu (OMA) Saturday, November 20, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 TO 10:00: TEST SESSION) ABOUT THE LECTURER: Shohei Shigematsu (OMA / Partner) Shohei Shigematsu is a Partner of OMA and the Director of its New York office. Sho was born in 1973 in Fukuoka. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty […]

Kadokawa Culture Museum, architecture in a new era that transcends binary opposition by Suguru Watanabe & Keiko Onohara (kengo kuma & associates) Saturday, November 27, 2021 @10:00 JST (9:30 TO 10:00: TEST SESSION) SUMMARY: Tokorozawa Sakura Town has various programs and technologies such as a book manufacturing factory using digital technology, a distribution warehouse, an […]

President Club Virtual Meeting by Honorary Fellow Council on February 10th On February 5th, The Annual AIA Japan (AIAJ) President Club Meeting was held via zoom again this year due to rapid spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The total cases reached 95,453 throughout Japan on February 5th. The meeting was an AIAJ`s […]