Kyoto Lectures

Kyoto still preserves its ancient cultural tradition as one of Japan's major academic centers and a meeting place for scholars from around the world. Organized in collaboration with the École Française d’Extrême-Orient and the Institute for Research in Humanities at Kyoto University, the Kyoto Lectures offer specialists in East Asian cultures and societies the opportunity to present their ongoing research results in Kyoto.
Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan Revisited

Kyoto Lectures

Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan Revisited

Traditional Japanese Culture as a Means to Modern American Architecture

Kevin Nute

November 14th, 2025 18:00

This talk expands on more than three decades of research that began in 1993 with the publication of the American Institute of Architects-Award-winning book Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan. With the goal of better understanding Wrightʻs philosophical priorities and process of design, his interpretations of traditional Japanese forms are re-examined in the context of current notions otherness, appropriation, abstraction, synthesis, translation and myth.

Kevin Nute is a British American architectural theorist based at the University of Hawaiʻi. He is an internationally recognized authority on the transcultural implications of Japanese architecture. He recently published Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan Revisited: Traditional Japanese Culture as a Means to Modern American Architecture (World Scientific Publishing, 2025).

 

This hybrid lecture will be held on site (registration required in advance from here) and via Zoom.

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83190708879

Meeting ID: 831 9070 8879