KENGO KUMA 2006-2012

Description

This magnificent, large-format monograph on the famed Japanese architect covers six years of theory and practice through an exhaustive look at over 60 projects, from large (V&A at Dundee, Sanlitum SOHO in Beijing) to small (Sake no Hana in London, Lake House). Kengo Kuma is known for achieving a new kind of transparency in architecture, and is not bound by using only traditional “light” materials. Included is his essay, ‘Small Architecture’, which gives valuable insight into his view that great disasters, not the progress of technology, have been architecture’s driving force throughout history, with the most recent example being the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.

CONTENTS

• Small Architcture / Kengo Kuma
• 2002-06 Ginzan-Onsen Fujiya / Yamagata, Japan
• 2003-06 Z58 / Shanghai, China
• 2003-08 Asahi Broadcasting Corporation / Osaka, Japan
• 2004-06 Hoshinosato Annex / Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi
• 2004-06 Y Hutte / Japan
• 2004-06 Yusuhara Town Hall / Kochi, Japan
• 2004-06 Chokkura Plaza / Tochigi, Japan
• 2004-07 Suntory Museum of Art / Tokyo, Japan
• 2004-07 Kure City Ondo Civic Center / Hiroshima, Japan
• 2004-07 Steel House / Tokyo, Japan
• 2004-09 Nezu Museum / Tokyo, Japan
• 2004-10 Tokyu Capitol Tower / Tokyo, Japan
• 2005-07 Yien East / Japan
• 2005-08 Hoshakuji Station / Tochigi, Japan
• 2005-08 The Opposite House / Beijing, China
• 2005      T-Room / Ishikawa, Japan
• 2006-     Kenny Heights Museum / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• 2006-07 Sake no Hana / London, U.K.
• 2006-08 Ryotei Kaikatei Annex “sou-an” / Fukui, Japan
• 2006-08 Wood/Berg / Japan
• 2006-09 Museum of Kanayama Castle Ruin, Kanayama Community Center / Gunma, Japan
• 2006-09 Shimonoseki City Kawatana-Onsen Visitor Center and Folk Museum / Yamaguchi, Japan
• 2006-10 Glass/Wood / U.S.A.
• 2005-07 Tee Haus / Frankfurt, Germany
• 2007-08 Tiffany Ginza / Tokyo, Japan
• 2007      Fu-an / Shizuoka, Japan
• 2007-09 Garden Terrace Nagasaki / Nagasaki, Japan
• 2007-10 Akagi Jinja & Park Court Kagurazaka / Tokyo, Japan
• 2007-10 Sanlitun SOHO / Beijing, China
• 2007-12 Water/Cherry / Japan
• 2007-09 Cavamarket Headquarters Project / Campania, Italy
• 2007-08 Casa Umbrell / Milan, Italy
• 2008-    Water Branch House / New York, U.S.A.
• 2008-10 Bamboo/Fiber / Japan
• 2008-10 The Momofuku Ando Center of Outdoor Training / Nagano, Japan
• 2008-10 Prostho Museum Research Center / Aichi, Japan
• 2008-11 Lake House / Japan
• 2008-11 Xinjin Zhi Museum / Sichuan, China
• 2008-12 Aore Nagaoka / Niigata, Japan
• 2006-13 Kabuki-za Building / Tokyo, Japan
• 2009      Lucien Pellat-Finet Shinsaibashi / Osaka, Japan
• 2009-10 Community Market Yusuhara / Kochi, Japan
• 2009-10 Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum / Kochi, Japan
• 2009-10 Stone Roof / Nagano, Japan
• 2009-    Museum at The China Academy of Art / Hangzhou, China
• 2009-    Granatum-Granada Performing Arts Centre / Granada, Spain
• 2009-11 Mesh/Earth / Japan
• 2009-12 Asakusa Culture Tourist Information Center / Tokyo, Japan
• 2009-12 Jeju Ball / Jeju, South Korea
• 2009-10 Shang Xia / Shanghai, China
• 2009-10 Ceramic Cloud / Reggio Emilia, Italia
• 2010-    Chikugo Art and Culture Center / Fukuoka, Japan
• 2010-12 Teikyo University Elementary School / Tokyo, Japan
• 2010-    V&A at Dundee / Scotland, U.K.
• 2010-12 Garden Terrace Miyazaki / Miyazaki, Japan
• 2011      Starbucks Coffee Dazaifu-Tenmangu Omotesando / Fukuoka, Japan
• 2011      Bubble Wrap / Osaka, Japan
• 2011      Polygonium House / Tokyo, Japan
• 2009-11 Green Cast / Kanagawa, Japan
• 2012-    Iiyama Plaza / Nagano, Japan
• 2011-    Towada City Plaza for Social Communication / Aomori, Japan
• 2012-    Under One Roof / Lausanne, Switzerland
• 2012-    Susa International Train Station / Turin, Italy,
• 2012-    Tomioka City Hall / Gunma, Japan
• 2007-13 Besancon City Arts and Culture Center / Doubs, France

300 pages, ills colour & bw / 30 x 30 cm / English, Japanese