On the issues of traditions and modernity in Japanese architecture in the late 19th-early 21st centuries

Abstract

The article deals with the evolution of the Japanese architecture since the late 19th till the early 21st centuries in terms of preserving traditions, cultural codes and at the same time, comprehending the world experience of modern architecture. The unique Japanese experience is considered as a way of updating traditions, “merging” them with modern life. No one knows better than the Japanese that the preservation of national identity contributes to the sustainable development of culture. In this case, the interpretation of national traditions and cultural succession in the Japanese architecture in the 20th–21st centuries is perceived as a synthesis of Eastern, Japanese philosophical and worldview concepts and Western scientific and technological technologies. The article deals with the work of the leading architects of Japan, the objects they created, in which we found the main trends in the development of architecture in Japan as a unique school that gains a place in the world space