Toyo Ito Contributor(s): Buntrock, Dana (Author), Ito, Toyo (Author), Yamamoto, Riken (Other) |
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ISBN: 0714868604 ISBN-13: 9780714868608 Publisher: Phaidon Press OUR PRICE: $44.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - Essays |
Dewey: 720.92 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 9.8" W x 11.4" (3.20 lbs) 231 pages |
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Publisher Description: Toyo Ito (b. 1941) is one of the most important Japanese architects working today, and has grown to be one of the most influential in the world. He is famous for ambitious and stunning projects such as the Sendai Mediatheque, TOD'S Omotesando, Tama Art University Library, and Island City Central Park, all of which demonstrate his ability to use materials in surprising and innovative ways, with revolutionary high‐tech organic geometries. In this unique volume Toyo Ito presents a personal selection of 31 of his projects divided into 14 thematic sections, all with introductions in which Ito looks at some of the influences on and trends in his thought. The eminent architect Riken Yamamoto provides an introduction, while the internationally respected architecture critics Dana Buntrock and Taro Igarashi contribute exploratory essays. |