Imag(in)ing Japanese Architecture | Ari Seligmann | DOA Guest Lecture
Please join us to hear from Ari Seligmann.
Engage with splendid images of architecture and consider their constructions.
This presentation focuses on how Japanese architecture is presented and understood through words and images. It introduces ongoing studies of how media has shaped the ways people see Japanese architecture and recent publications examining important Japanese photographers, architectural and photographic developments. The talk also explains the wider network of people, outlets, and processes involved in producing architectural images, demonstrating the powerful roles of photographers influencing how audiences interpret architecture. The talk invites everyone to think more carefully about how images affect the way we read, understand and imagine Japanese architecture.
Ari Seligmann is the author of KA ME RA Japanese Modern Architecture Through the Photographer's Lens (2026), Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015 Developments and Dialogues (2016), and editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Japanese Modern Architecture (2026); as well as Professor at Monash University and the Associate Dean Education for the Art Design & Architecture Faculty.
The Department of Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents diverse guests who visit us to talk, teach and research the complexities of architecture today.
Event Details
- Date:
- 14 October 2026 at 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
- Venue:
- G1.04 Lecture Theatre, Monash Caulfield campus
- Cost:
- Free
- Register here:
- https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/imagining-japanese-architecture-ari-seligmann-doa-guest-lecture-tickets-2002598627403
- Categories:
- Architecture; Industry / Alumni; Research
Description
Please join us to hear from Ari Seligmann.
Engage with splendid images of architecture and consider their constructions.
This presentation focuses on how Japanese architecture is presented and understood through words and images. It introduces ongoing studies of how media has shaped the ways people see Japanese architecture and recent publications examining important Japanese photographers, architectural and photographic developments. The talk also explains the wider network of people, outlets, and processes involved in producing architectural images, demonstrating the powerful roles of photographers influencing how audiences interpret architecture. The talk invites everyone to think more carefully about how images affect the way we read, understand and imagine Japanese architecture.
Ari Seligmann is the author of KA ME RA Japanese Modern Architecture Through the Photographer's Lens (2026), Japanese Modern Architecture 1920-2015 Developments and Dialogues (2016), and editor of the forthcoming Handbook of Japanese Modern Architecture (2026); as well as Professor at Monash University and the Associate Dean Education for the Art Design & Architecture Faculty.
The Department of Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents diverse guests who visit us to talk, teach and research the complexities of architecture today.