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Kengo Kuma: Small Architecture / Natural Architecture

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This two-volume set of essays by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma offers an overview of his key built works and gives insight into his ideas about architecture. Until now available only in Japanese, this edition comprises a lucid theoretical manifesto for humble, sustainable architecture that is sensitive to materials and to place. Written in the wake of the 2011 tsunami which devastated parts of northern Japan, the essays take on a particular poignancy. Each book features a signature of original drawings produced by Kengo Kuma especially for this English-language release.

Translated by Alfred Birnbaum, with an introduction by Thomas Daniell

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: AA Publication

Release: May 10, 2022

ISBN: 1907896511

ISBN 13: 9781907896514

Kengo Kuma: Small Architecture / Natural Architecture

4/5 ( ratings)

This two-volume set of essays by the Japanese architect Kengo Kuma offers an overview of his key built works and gives insight into his ideas about architecture. Until now available only in Japanese, this edition comprises a lucid theoretical manifesto for humble, sustainable architecture that is sensitive to materials and to place. Written in the wake of the 2011 tsunami which devastated parts of northern Japan, the essays take on a particular poignancy. Each book features a signature of original drawings produced by Kengo Kuma especially for this English-language release.

Translated by Alfred Birnbaum, with an introduction by Thomas Daniell

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: AA Publication

Release: May 10, 2022

ISBN: 1907896511

ISBN 13: 9781907896514

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