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Terms and conditions applyKengo Kuma: Works and Projects
Luigi Alini
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Format: Book
Pages: 247
Publisher: Electa architecture
Date Published: Jun 2006
Stock Code: 57403
Binding: Hardback
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Kengo Kuma is becoming known the world over for buildings that bear his stamp of simplicity and site-sensitivity, whether created to house ancient artifacts, upscale corporations, or performers of Noh theatre. Serenely calm, Kumas buildings feature a deft handling of materials and both practical and aesthetic use of horizontal and vertical louvres, cut-outs, and etchings, as he carries on a dialogue between a Modernist upbringing and a re-evaluation of Japanese tradition. This new monograph is the most comprehensive yet, featuring case studies of 20 works, with text, plans and photos.
Among the Tokyo-based architects most dramatic work is the Kiro-san Observatory, which eschews the traditional dome-shaped archetype in favor of sinking the facilities deep into a seaside hill. In the case of the Stone Museum in Nasu, Kuma has created a complex of single-storey buildings that connect three restored stone buildings from the early 20th century a rarity in Japan, due to its susceptibility to earthquakes. The long, attenuated stone additions are punctuated with horizontal slits andvents that de-emphasise the materials weight and demonstrate its stunning structural qualities. Showing his versatility, there is the light and sparse Plastic House in Tokyo. The book is rounded off with an anthology of Kuma's writings and an index of works.
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