Architectural Design Profile No. 99 focuses on Japanese Architecture and is guest edited by BOTOND BOGNAR who is an architect, architectural scholar and photographer. As a Mombusho Scholar, he conducted research at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has practiced architecture in both Hungary and Japan and, in addition to being a frequent contributor to international journals and other publications on architecture, he is also the author and editor of numerous books, Contemporary Japanese Architecture (New York, 1985); The New Japanese Architecture (New York, 1990); The Japan Guide (New York, 1995); Minoru Takeyama (London, 1995); Togo Master Architect of Japan (New York, 1996).