Ross, Michael Franklin.

Beyond metabolism : the new japanese architecture / Michael Franklin Ross - New York : Architectural Record, c1978. - 200 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction -- Megastructuring: urban structures for the expanding metropolis -- Architechnology: a new integration of architecture and technology -- Form and space: several interpretations -- Futurisn: fantasy versus reality.

The metabolist manifesto was a collection of divergent viewpoints about the future of architecture and urban design. Along with Tange's plan for tokyo 1960, they focused attention on new Japaneses solutions to the International problem of how to structure urban growth.

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ARCHITECTURE -- JAPAN -- HISTORY -- 20TH CENTURY
METABOLISM IN ARCHITECTURE (MOVEMENT)

NA 155 .R67 1978