Kengo Kuma: Complete Works 隈研吾建筑作品全集 英文原版

ThequintessentialJapanesearchitectoftoday,KengoKumahasforgedamoderndesignlanguagethatartfullycombinesthecountry’straditionalbuildingcraftswithsophisticatedtechnologiesandmaterials.Associatingadeepunderstandingandrespectfornativeconstructiontechniqueswithamoreglobalizedoutlookthanmanyofhiscompatriots,KengoKuma’sworkrepresentsasignificantgenerationalshiftinacountryrichwithcontemporaryarchitecture.FromhisiconicGlassHouse(1995)totheNezuMuseuminTokyo,thisisthecompleterecordofKengoKuma’sbuiltwork,comprisingtwentyfourprojectstodate.ArchitecturehistorianKennethFramptonframesKuma’sworkinthecontextofpost-warJapan’sflourishingarchitecturesceneandinfluentialfiguresandoffersaperspectiveontheinternationalacclaimofKuma’sideasandbuildings.Projectsareorganizedbythematerialthemesthathavecometodefinethearchitect’soutput:WaterandFoliage;Wood;BambooandGrass;andStoneandCeramics.Kumadevelopsapersonalandarchitecturalreflectiononeach.Eachbuildingispresentedthroughdescriptivetext,newlycommissionedphotographsanddetaileddrawings,thislastrevealingaprivilegedviewoftherefinedarchitectonicvocabularythatcharacterizesKuma’sbuildings.WiththeclosecollaborationofKuma,thismajormonographfullydocumentsaleadinglightoftheglobalarchitecturescene,offeringarichinsightintocontemporaryinterpretationsofJapan’sancientbuildingtraditions.Thisbeautifullyproducedbookwillbeaninspirationtoanydesignerwhoaimstocreatespacesforhistoryandthefuture.