This book is a republication of the Villages and Towns series after 40 years.
"These 10 volumes of Villages and Towns series are
the result of 10 years of preparation by Yukio Futagawa.
White washed houses and streets of villages on Aegean Islands;
baroque decorations on walls of farm houses amongst the Alps;
Italian towns with beautiful squares; cave-dwellings of Andalusian villages;
Adriatic towns with their main orientation to the Sea.
Many of villages and towns introduced in this series have been forgotten for centuries,
being kept undisturbed by modern progress. They are rare and precious architectural specimens.
Spaces and forms which make up these villages and towns are
the result of ages of constant improvements by experience,
and they have many ideas to offer and warnings to give to today’s architecture
although some of them have disappeared in these 40 years."
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Location: Mykonos & Santorini
Edited & Photographed by Yukio Futagawa
Introduction by Arata Isozaki
Articles & Drawings by Makoto Suzuki
Designed by Gan Hosoya
Comments from us
We still remember the excitement we felt when we saw the Mediterranean vernacular houses featured in this series. We thought that this was one of the ideal forms of architecture. Based on this series, we visited a number of old Mediterranean towns (this was a long time ago).
Some of the towns and villages in the book may no longer exist. However, we think that the series still offers us suggestions for architecture and living. The photographs are excellent in that they convey the atmosphere of the towns and villages.