Yuko Nagayama Works – Weaving Stories from Architecture

In recent years, architect Yuko Nagayama—who has taken on one major project after another and is now one of the most highly regarded figures both in Japan and internationally—has been tirelessly active.

Traveling from site to site, convincing governments and corporations when needed, leading her office as a boss, and raising two children as a mother, what drives her unstoppable energy?

Designing two pavilions for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai!
◯ Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier
◯ Panasonic Group Pavilion “Nomo no Kuni”

This book features not only the two pavilions for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, but also a wide range of her works—from early iconic projects such as the Louis Vuitton Daimaru Kyoto store and the Teshima Yokoo House, to more recent works like the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store, and the ongoing TOKYO TORCH Torch Tower project. The “Recipe” pages delve into the origins of each project and share valuable behind-the-scenes stories.
Contribution included by Taro Igarashi (Architectural Historian and Critic)

[Table of Contents]
Something That Seems Like It Could Truly Exist

The Possibilities of Surfaces
Tokyu Kabukicho Tower
LOUIS VUITTON Daimaru Kyoto
Teshima Yokoo House
JINS PARK Maebashi
Central Garden of the Forest of the Goddess
TOKYO TORCH Torch Tower

Mobile Architecture | Reuse
Japan Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai
Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier
Panasonic Group Pavilion “Nomo no Kuni”
Sea Hammock

Cities, Towns, and Commerce
Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store
Matsuzakaya Nagoya Store Members Lounge
AOI CELESTIE COFFEE ROASTERY
URBANPREM Minami Aoyama
Bright Windows
Sora to Kaze to Nishiarai
Seibu Shibuya A & B Buildings, 5th Floor

Light That Shapes Architecture
Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. Grand Patio
afloat-f
ANTEPRIMA Roppongi
VOGUE Wedding Salon
Sisii

Living Preservation
Kayaba Coffee
Kiya Ryokan
Sekizenkan
Yamana Hachimangu Shrine

Houses with Personality
House with a Hill
House in Katsutadai
House in Nishi-Azabu
House with a Membrane Roof
House with Display Walls
Diagonal House
Azumaya
TOPAZ Shin-Okachimachi

Facing Form Purely | Product
NS by NOUSAKU
FUWARI
P sofa
TALIESIN LIGHT
Tamayura Zushi

The Activities of Human Life | Art
Specimen of Treasure | DEROLL Commissions Series 1: Box
2021 #Tokyo Scope | DESIGNART TOKYO 2018
DROP | HOKUTO ART PROGRAM ed.1

Contribution: Forms That Create Phenomena (Taro Igarashi)
Data Sheet