Historical information

Description of Tokyo, its sights and visual characteristics and detailed critical description of the Tokyo monorail. Overview of Japan's 'star' architects and their current activity.

This handwritten manuscript of Boyd's weekly newspaper column in 'The Australian' was published with the title ‘Modern Japan on a Concrete Beam’ on 31/07/1965.

Robin Boyd wrote two books on Japanese architects and architecture - 'Kenzo Tange' published by Braziller in 1962 and 'New Directions in Japanese Architecture' published by Studio Vista in 1968.

Significance

Original manuscript of an article published in 'The Australian' as ‘Modern Japan on a Concrete Beam’, 31/07/1965.

Physical description

Handwritten, quarto, 4 pages.