Main entry:

Kuma, Kengo, 1954-

Title & Author:

Kengo Kuma : materials, structures, details.

Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser-Publishers for Architecture, ©2004.

Description:

136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Original title: Kengo Kuma : materiaru, sutorakuchua, no ditēru.
Material is not a finish / Kengo Kuma -- Stone Museum -- Museum of Hiroshige Ando -- Nasu History Museum -- Conversation between Hiroshi Naito and Kengo Kuma -- Water/Glass -- Makuhari housing complex -- Takayanagi Community Center -- Parking building Takasaki -- Ginzan bath house -- Sea/Filter -- Great (Bamboo) Wall -- Plastic house -- Adobe museum for wooden Buddha -- Horai Onsen bath house -- N Museum -- Technical data -- Biography.

Summary:

"Long regarded in Japan as a master architect, Kengo Kuma entered the European limelight when he won the Italian "International Stone Architecture Award" for his Stone Museum in 2001 and the Finnish "Spirit of Nature Wood Award" in 2002 ... This volume presents 14 selected projects, including the Museum of Hiroshige Ando and the Stone Museum (Toshigi Prefecture, Japan), the Water/Glass Villa (Atami, Japan), the Plastic House in Tokyo and the GREAT BAMBOO WALL near the Great Wall of China. All works are documented with informative construction drawings, a wealth of technical data and numerous photographs"--Cover.

ISBN:

3764371226 (alk. paper)
9783764371227 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Kuma, Kengo, 1954- Themes, motives.
Kuma, Kengo, 1954- Thèmes, motifs.
Kuma, Kengo, 1954-
Kuma, Kengo Architektur Bildband.
Kuma, Kengo Architektur Werkverzeichnis.
Architecture Japan History 20th century.
Architecture Japan 21st century.
Architecture Japon Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Japon 21e siècle.
Architecture
Themes, motives
Bouwkunst.
Japan

Form/genre:

Interviews.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 233856
Call No.: NA44.K965.A35 2004
Status: Available