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Construction History of Public Buildings in Local Governments in Taiwan Under Japanese Rule

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study clarifies the process by which architectural engineers were assigned to local governments in Taiwan under Japanese rule. Following the revision of the provincial system in 1920, engineer Yoshio Shirakura, who was posted to Taichung Province in 1922, became a pioneering example of a building engineer posted to a provincial area and designed many public buildings.

Source: Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)

DOI: 10.3130/aija.90.861

Authors: Hiromi NISHIKAWA, Osamu NAKAGAWA

Institutions: Okayama Prefectural University, Osaka Metropolitan University

Language: English

Topic: Historical Architecture and Urbanism

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science