Description |
319 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 31 cm |
Contents |
Machine generated contents note: The Anti-Objective Architecture Of Kengo Kuma / Kenneth Frampton -- Water-Glass -- Water/Glass -- River/Filter -- Kitakami Canal Museum -- Forest/Floor -- Z58 -- Glass/Wood -- Wood-Grass-Bamboo -- Noh Stage in the Forest -- Great Bamboo Wall -- Nakagawa-machi Bato Hiroshige Museum -- Takayanagi Community Centre -- Ginzan Onsen Bath House -- Ginzan Onsen Fujiya Ryokan -- Yusuhara Town Hall -- Masanari Murai Memorial Museum of Art -- GC Prostho Museum -- Yusuhara Marche -- Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum -- Stone-Earth-Ceramic -- Lotus House -- Chokkura Plaza -- Adobe Museum for a Wooden Buddha -- Museum of Wisdom -- Paper Snake -- Ondo Civic Centre -- Nezu Museum -- Casalgrande Ceramic Cloud |
Summary |
The quintessential Japanese architect of today, Kengo Kuma has forged a modern design language that artfully combines the countries traditional building crafts with sophisticated technologies and materials. Associating a deep understanding and respect for native construction techniques with a more globalized outlook than many of his compatriots, Kengo Kumas work represents a significant generational shift in a country rich with contemporary architecture. From his iconic 'Glass House' (1995) to the Nezu Museum in Tokyo, this is the complete record of Kengo Kumas built work, comprising twentyfour projects to date. Architecture historian Kenneth Frampton frames Kumas work in the context of post-war Japans flourishing architecture scene and influential figures and offers a perspective on the international acclaim of Kumas ideas and buildings. Projects are organized by the material themes that have come to define the architects output: 'Water and Foliage'; 'Wood'; 'Bamboo and Grass'; and 'Stone and Ceramics' |
Notes |
"With 390 illustrations, 222 in colour"--Title page |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Kuma, Kengo, 1954-
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Kuma, Kengo, 1954- -- Catalogues raisonnés.
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Kuma, Kengo, 1954- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Architects -- Japan -- Designs and plans.
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Architecture -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
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Architecture -- Japan -- History -- 21st century.
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Architecture -- Japan -- 21st century.
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Genre/Form |
Catalogues raisonnés.
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Architectural drawings.
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Author |
Frampton, Kenneth, writer of added text
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LC no. |
2012939668 |
ISBN |
0500342830 (hbk.) |
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9780500342831 (hbk.) |
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