Kengo Kuma: Complete Works: Expanded Edition

ISBN: 050034342X

Author: Kuma, Kengo

Condition: New

The comprehensive monograph-now expanded-on one of Japans most important living architectsSince establishing his practice in 1990, Kengo Kuma has brought contemporary vigor to Japans already rich modern architectural heritage and developed projects far beyond his native country. Influenced by a period at Columbia University in New York and by the lessons of his mentor, Hiroshi Hara, Kuma has forged his own pared-back language: responsive to local nature and traditional construction, entirely contemporary in its execution, yet rooted in a Japanese sensibility.The experience of his buildings is hypnotic and highly sensory. Much of this powerful effect is achieved by Kumas deft, sometimes dramatic, use of materials. Projects in the past five years alone include two museums in France, landscape projects in Italy, hotels and large- scale retail and commercial projects in China, and numerous projects in Japan, including a kindergarten.Published to coincide with the opening of Kumas new Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee, Scotland, with the architects direct involvement, this volume, expanded to include five new projects, offers unparalleled insight into the mind of one of the great architects of the twenty-first century. 420 illustrations, 240 in color