GLASS / WOOD Erieta Attali on Kengo Kuma

Description

The Glass/Wood House, transcendental architecture reduced to the max

A unique gem of a book, produced to the highest standards

Kengo Kuma (*1954) and Erieta Attali (*1966) complement one another perfectly in terms of their artistic statement: both of them focus on the inclusion of the landscape. It is not the architecture as such that plays the primary role but the way it communicates with the outside, the surrounding world. Details from nature and the intricate connection of interior with exterior space characterize the photographs by the first-class photographer Erieta Attali. In his unique works, Kengo Kuma combines Japanese traditions in architecture with those of Modern architecture. His architecture constitutes a bridge where the individual and nature meet. Kuma became famous in the West for his sensitive extension to a mid-century icon in New Canaan, Connecticut, which this exquisite monograph insightfully discusses and portrays.

Texts by Alessio Assonitis, Erieta Attali, Ariel Genadt, Kengo Kuma, Susan Leaming Pollish, Joan Ockman, Ken Tadashi Oshima, Photographs by Erieta Attali, graphic design by Kenya Hara

120 pp., 66 ills. / 25.80 x 30.00 cm / English