Ryuji Miyamoto: Architectural Apocalypse

Miyamoto Ryuji has captured the painful yet powerful demise of enormous buildings that are being swallowed up and forgotten by the enormous wave of urban development.
Theaters that were once swirls of people's passion and desire, factories that supported the pulse of the times, and Kowloon Walled City that emitted a different kind of energy... The sight of these things decaying and quietly collapsing forces us to see the transience of civilization, the cruelty of time, and the destruction that comes in the name of progress.
As architect Arata Isozaki points out, these photographs are not simply records of the past; they are apocalyptic visions of what cities may look like in the future.
Rather than indulging in easy sentimentality, this is a book that should be approached with resolve, as it will make you think deeply about the memories of cities, the rise and fall of civilizations, and our own existence.