The robot buildings and floating cities of Pritzker Prize winner Arata Isozaki
Isozaki’s vision of the future emerged alongside postwar Japan, producing radical early works as well as dozens of later influential works.
One of the most fascinating pieces of design by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki isn’t showcased in the press materials distributed by the Pritzker Prize, which today awarded the 87-year-old architect its annual prize. It was a pair of glittering, 24-foot-tall robotic buildings named Deme and Deku.