Product Description: The acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (born 1954) and photographer Erieta Attali 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 in which it communicates with the surrounding world...read more

Product Description: Patterns and Layering is a journey into the activities of Kengo Kuma Research Lab. The book aims to establish the interrelation between patterns and layering within architecture. These two previously detached notions can now be integrated into one methodology mediated by structural concepts...read more

Product Description: Louis Vuitton vs Topshop in London, Vogue Optique in Paris, Rainbow Church in Seoul, Levi's flagship store, Maxxi in Rome, Lodge hair salon is anti-frills, Pantone Hotel in Brussels, ceramics survey, and American designers at the ICFF...read more

Kengo Kuma is known the world over for buildings that bear his stamp of simplicity and site-sensitivity - whether created to house ancient artifacts, upscale corporations, or performers of Noh theater. This monograph covers handling of glass, wood, and stone in works as diverse as private residences, Buddhist temples, and art museums.

Product Description: We are dealing with architectural works in which the subtle charm of the forms and the close relationship with nature are combined with great architectural knowledge and perfect functionality. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)