Description

This -quantity set of essays through the Jap architect Kengo Kuma provides an outline of his key constructed works and provides perception into his concepts approximately structure. Till now to be had handiest in Jap, this adaptation contains a lucid theoretical manifesto for humble, sustainable structure that may be delicate to fabrics and to position. Written within the wake of the 2011 tsunami which devastated portions of northern Japan, the essays tackle a selected poignancy. Each and every e-book includes a signature of unique drawings produced through Kengo Kuma particularly for this English-language free up.

Translated through Alfred Birnbaum, with an creation through Thomas Daniell