Main entry:

Kuma, Kengo, 1954- architect, writer of added commentary.

Title & Author:

Kengo Kuma : complete works / Kenneth Frampton.

Publication:

New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2013.
©2013

Description:

319 pages : chiefly illustrations, some color ; 30 cm

Notes:
"Text translated from the Japanese by Hiroshi Watanabe (main text) and Mariko Inaba (captions)"--Colophon.
"This book is dedicated to the victims and survivors of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 11 March 2011"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (page 25).
Preface / Kengo Kuma -- 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 Marché ; 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'.

ISBN:

9780500342831 (hardcover)
0500342830 (hardcover)

Subject:

Kuma, Kengo, 1954- Catalogs.
Kuma, Kengo, 1954-
Kuma, Kengo, 1954- Catalogues raisonnés.
Kuma, Kengo, 1954- Criticism and interpretation.
Architecture Japan History 20th century Catalogs.
Architecture Japan History 21st century Catalogs.
Architecture Japon Histoire 20e siècle Catalogues.
Architecture Japon Histoire 21e siècle Catalogues.
Architecture.
Architects Japan Designs and plans.
Architecture Japan History 20th century.
Architecture Japan 21st century.
Japan.

Form/genre:

Designs and plans.
Catalogues raisonnés.
catalogues raisonnés.
Catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Frampton, Kenneth, writer of added commentary.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 282728
Call No.: BIB 220431
Status: Available