Kengo kuma 2006-2015 / Edited by Yukio Futagawa , Text by Kengo Kuma

By:

Futagawa , Yukio

Contributor(s):

Kuma , Kengo

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Kru (Other) Publication details: Tokyo : A.D.A. Edita Tokyo , 2015Description: 156 pages : Illustrated ; 24 cmISBN:

9784871404334

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LOC classification:

NA1559.K77 F88 2015

Summary: Born in Yokohama in the Kanagawa prefecture, Kengo Kuma (1954) is considered one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects. His design vision expresses the emotional content of materials, linked to intrinsic characteristics in construction and the teachings of Japanese traditions. “Almost tuning in” to the materials themselves, Kuma has for years “engaged in a serious critique of what is defined as the “concrete method of construction”, in his desire to find an alternative to this material that “dominates” the world (Treccani). Projects such as the Stone Museum (2000) and Ando Hiroshige Museum (2000), both in Nasu, in the Tochigi Prefecture, the Takanezawa Plaza, Shiotanigun (Tochigi, 2006) and Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (2007) are exceedingly relevant to fully grasp his design philosophy

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Fayza Aboulnaga Central Library \| مكتبة فايزة أبو النجا المركزية بالحرم الجامعي	NA1559.K77 F88 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C. 1	Available	10005447

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Born in Yokohama in the Kanagawa prefecture, Kengo Kuma (1954) is considered one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects. His design vision expresses the emotional content of materials, linked to intrinsic characteristics in construction and the teachings of Japanese traditions.
“Almost tuning in” to the materials themselves, Kuma has for years “engaged in a serious critique of what is defined as the “concrete method of construction”, in his desire to find an alternative to this material that “dominates” the world (Treccani).
Projects such as the Stone Museum (2000) and Ando Hiroshige Museum (2000), both in Nasu, in the Tochigi Prefecture, the Takanezawa Plaza, Shiotanigun (Tochigi, 2006) and Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (2007) are exceedingly relevant to fully grasp his design philosophy

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