Kengo Kuma: Works and Projects

Alini, Luigi (Author)., Kengo Kuma (Author)

ISBN 10: 1904313426 / ISBN 13: 9781904313427

Verlag: Electa Architecture/ Phaidon Press, 2006

Book has a whisper of corner wear, a hint of an indentation at top of spine and to the top edge of front cover, and a small indentation to the bottom edge of back cover.otherwise book is in near fine condition. Pages are clean, crisp and bright with tight binding. Dust jacket has a hint of rubbing/scuffing to exterior, light wear to the top/bottom of spine, an inch long tear from the bottom of spine extending outward to front cover.otherwise dust jacket is in very good condition. Dust jacket has been protected in an archival cover, thus retaining shape and coloring. Overall, a handsome copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 954369

Inhaltsangabe:

Since the age of ten, when he first saw the monumental concrete gymnasium designed by Kenzo Tange for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Kengo Kuma (b. 1954) has aspired to create architecture that utilizes materials in an expressive manner. Despite his early fascination with concrete, Kuma has become better known for his unusual handling of glass, wood, and stone in works as diverse as private residences, Buddhist temples, and art museums. With an acute sensitivity to maximizing a building’s setting―whether urban or rural―Tange has created such celebrated structures as the Tokyo headquarters of Louis Vuitton, adobe housing for an ancient wooden Buddha, and an observatory that is sunk into a seaside hill like Michael Heizer’s Double Negative.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Luigi Alini is a researcher in the Technology of Architecture at the Syracuse Faculty of Architecture, University of Catania. He devotes his attention to strategies of execution in architecture, with particular reference to the connections between technique, technology, and design. He is the author of the volume Le strategie esecutive. L'integrazione delle competenze nel progette di architettura.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Kengo Kuma: Works and Projects
Verlag: Electa Architecture/ Phaidon Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good