Encounters with Kazuo Shinohara’s Umbrella House

Edited Encounters with Kazuo Shinohara’s Umbrella House, a publication by Michaela Nettell that brings together contemporary responses to the building by international artists, architects and writers, offering a timely new readings of Shinohara's work. Taking a practice-led approach and foregrounding the voices and positions of women, the project expands existing technical, historical and almost exclusively masculine narratives around one of the most influential architects of Japan's postwar generation.

Encounters with Umbrella House’ is the first UK publication dedicated to Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara, and the first artist-led enquiry into his work internationally. Developed over three years in collaboration with artists, architects and writers: Estefania Araujo Bianchi, Christian Dehli & Andrea Grolimund, Kyoko Hanawa (Emi Kawai) & Yuki Sumner, Kevin Gauld & Julie F Hill, Sawako Nakayasu, Ana Ruepp, Emily Richardson, Lera Samovich, Tomoka Shibasaki (tr. Polly Barton), Emily Speed, Mónica Verdejo Ruiz and Leigh Wells

Editor: Anjana Janardhan
Designer: Marit Münzberg
Paperback, full colour, section sewn, 172pp + 5-panel concertina foldout
Published by Passen-gers June 2026

Available to purchase online here