Kengo Kuma and Associates

Gebundenes Buch

Kengo Kuma

Substance

Beschreibung

Kengo Kuma: Substance explores the work of the acclaimed Japanese architect through six materialsâ wood, bamboo, metal, paper, textile, and stoneâ and presents the ideas behind each work.

Autor

Kengo Kuma was born in 1954. Before establishing Kengo Kuma and Associates in 1990, he received his Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Tokyo, where he spent more than a decade as Professor of Architecture and where he is currently a Special / Honorary Professor. Inspired by Kenzo Tange’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium, built for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Kuma pursued architecture at a young age, and later entered the architecture program at the University of Tokyo, where he studied under Hiroshi Hara and Yoshichika Uchida. During his graduate studies, he made a research trip across the Sahara, exploring various villages and settlements, observing the unique power and beauty. After his time as a visiting scholar at Columbia University in New York, Kuma established his office in Tokyo. Since then, Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed architectural works in more than twenty countries and received prestigious awards, including the Architectural Institute of Japan Award, the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award (Finland), and the International Stone Architecture Award (Italy), among others. Kengo Kuma and Associates has offices in Tokyo and Paris.

Produktdetails

• Kengo Kuma
• Verlag: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 307mm x 231mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1826g
• ISBN-13: 9781864709926
• ISBN-10: 1864709928
• Artikelnr.: 73872981