Books (Authored Works and Translations)


Japan Iron and Steel Federation ed.
Interior and Exterior Details on Steel Structure : third edition (in Japanese)
Gi-Ho-Do Publishing, Tokyo, 2016

A collection of the standard details of steel construction.

Authored the first chapter: "Detail Design in Steel" and second chapter: "The Lessons Lerning from the Damaged Examples Observed in Recent Earthquakes and Typhoons".


Yoshito TOMIOKA, Tetsuro ONO et al.
Structure and Form in Architectural Design (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 2015

A textbook for design studios in architectural courses in university level, to explain the design principle of structural form. Revised and enhanced edition of the "Form and Design in Steel Structure". = Japan Sochiety of Engineering Education, Book Award, 2015.

Lewis Mumford, translated by Yoshito TOMIOKA
The Brown Decades (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 2013

The Japanese edition of "The Brown Decades" by Lewis Mumford, one of the most classical work on American architectural history. The work tracked through the innovations by H.H.Richardson, L.H.Sullivan and F.L.Wright as the most important spine.


Frank Lloyd Wright, translated by Yoshito TOMIOKA
The Natural House (in Japanese)
Chikuma Shobo, Tokyo, 2010

A Japanese edition of the famous and classic book by Frank Lloyd Wright on the "democratic and regional way of living". The translator's note, attached at the end of the book, explained the relevant issues of his styles and formal and ideal concepts.


Tetsuro ONO, Yoshito TOMIOKA et al.
Form and Design in Steel Structure (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 2008

A textbook for design studios in architectural courses in university level, to explain the design principle of steel structural form. It covers vast variations of architectural forms through only 4 basic form of structure and their deformations and compositions.



Tetsuro ONO, Yoshito TOMIOKA et al.
Form and Design in Steel Structure (in Korean)
Gi-Bun-Do, Seoul, 2013

The Korean edition of "Form and Design in Steel Structure".

Louis I. Kahn, translated by Hisao KOHYAMA and Yoshito TOMIOKA
Louis Kahn: Architect's Lecture (in Japanese)
Maruzen Co.Ltd, Tokyo,  2007

Louis Kahn was a teacher of Hisao KOHYAMA who was a teacher of mine. KOHYAMA translated the original words of Kahn, and I helped him to translate the relevant articles - Lars Larup: Hands up, Michael Bell:The Two Careers of Louis Kahn.


Frank Lloyd Wright, Lewis Mumford,
Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Robert Wojtowicz ed.
translated by Yoshito TOMIOKA
Frank Lloyd Wright and Lewis Mumford: Thirty Years of Correspondence 1926-1959 (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 2005

The Japanese edition of the comprehensive collespondence between F.L.Wright and L.Mumford. One of the most impressive drama in modern architectural history.

Yoshito TOMIOKA
Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture arose from the Earth (in Japanese)
Maruzen Co.Ltd., Tokyo, 2001

A concise guide to F.L.Wright's architecture for people conducts pilgrimage through his monumental works.


Urs Buettiker, translated by Yoshito TOMIOKA and Itsuko KUMAGAI
Louis Kahn: Light and Space (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 1996

The Japanese edition of the German book entitled "Louis I. Kahn: Licht und Raum." The book illustrated his innovative techniques to enhance the effect of natural light in architecture.



Geoffrey H. Baker, translated by Yoshito TOMIOKA
Design Strategies in Architecture (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 1995

The Japanese edition of "BAKER: Design Strategies in Architecture", an interesting attempt of formal analysis on building and urban forms.

Shogo KISHIDA ed.
YUZAWA, KOBAYASHI, TOMIOKA et al.
Form and Design in Architecture (in Japanese)
Kajima Publishing, Tokyo, 2009

An anthology on architectural design by the architects and scholars of Ex-KOHYAMA school which was used as a textbook in Musashino Art University. I was engaged to the article entitled "Materials-Expression-Design" pp.35-48.


Shogo KISHIDA ed.
YUZAWA, KOBAYASHI, TOMIOKA et.al.
Form and Design in Architecture (in Korean)
Kimoondang, Seoul, 2012



The Korean edition of "Form and Design in Architecture".


Architectural Institute of Japan ed.
Encyclopedia of Architectural Theory (in Japanese)
Sho-Koku-Sya, Tokyo, 2008

A comprehensive work covered through the wide range of discussions on architectural design. I was engaged to the article "Mumford, Lewis", pp.220-221.



Architectural Institute of Japan ed.
Encyclopedia of Architectural Theory (in Chinese)
China Architectural Industry Publishing, Beijing, 2012



The Chinese edition of "Encyclopedia of Architectural Theory".

Shozo UCHII, Mitsuru SENDA ed.
The Track of Modern Architecture, the second volume (in Japanese)
INAX Publishing, Tokyo, 2003

An anthology of biographies on famous architects in Japan. I was engaged to the article on Hisao KOHYAMA, my teacher in school days, entitled "Ideals and Forms Envisioned from the Reality" pp. 316-322. Rhe Chinese translation of the article appeared in the Feb. and Mar. 2009 issue of Architecture & Culture, pp.108-112.


Japan Iron and Steel Federation ed.
Interior and Exterior Details on Steel Structure : second edition (in Japanese)
Gi-Ho-Do Publishing, Tokyo, 1997

A collection of the standard details of steel construction.


Toru Funakoshi, Hiroshi HARA ed.
SPACE DESIGN SERIES 9 Collective Form (in Japanese)
Shin-Nihon-Houki publishing, Tokyo, 1996

 A formal sourcebook of collective composition. I was engaged to the article entitled  "Erdman Hall, Bryn-Mawr College", pp.112-115.


David B. Brownlee,David G. De Long ed.
translated by Kohyama Laboratory, The University of Tokyo
Louis I. Kahn : In the realm of Architecture (in Japanese)
Delphi Research Institute, Tokyo, 1992

The most comprehensive catalogue of the works of Louis I. Kahn, prepared for the world wide exhibition in U.S., France and Japan. I was a chief member of the translation team of this Japanese edition.


Kohyama Laboratory, The University of Tokyo ed.
Guide to American Architecture (in Japanese)
Kogyo-Chosa-Kai, Tokyo, 1989

A guidebook for historic and contemporary works of American architecture. I was engaged to the articles on the buildings in Phiradelphia, and map drawings.

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