This issue of The Japan Architect is devoted to the notion of the city as an assembled multitude of elements. When considering architecture not as single buildings but as a collection of initiatives, the relationship between architecture and the city is transformed, and the need for today's architects to collectively create a better urban environment is emphasised. This trend, referred to here as 'Collective Forms', is illustrated by an examination of 14 contemporary Japanese architects, including interviews with Fumihiko Maki & Hiroshi Hara.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small.
