Hitoshi Abe: 0000 - Hardcover

Pollock, Naomi; Hitoshi Abe Architect

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714846651 ISBN 13: 9780714846651

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2008

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HardCover. Pub Date :2008-10-01 Pages: 208 Language: English Publisher: Phaidon Press Born in 1962. Hitoshi Abe is widely considered to be one of the most interesting young architects working in Japan today After obtaining his Masters degree at the. Southern California Institute of Architecture. he worked for Coop Himmelb (l) au in their Los Angeles office before obtaining his Ph.D. from Tohoku University and setting up his own practice. Atelier Hitoshi Abe. in 1992. Since then. he has won a wide variety of commissions in Japan. He was identified as one of the key emerging talents in contemporary architecture in 10 x 10. published by Phaidon in 2000. He has also taught at several architecture schools. including the Tohoku Institute of Technology and the University of California Berkeley. and. in 2007. he was made chair of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at th...

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Hitoshi Abe (b. 1962) is one of the most important rising figures in contemporary Japanese architecture. After graduating from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, he worked in the cutting-edge architecture practice Coop Himmelb(l)au before establishing his own studio, Atelier Hitoshi Abe, in Sendai, Japan. He has received international recognition for his bold architecture, and has taught at Tohoku Institute of Technology, University of California Berkeley and University of California Los Angeles.

This is the first monograph on Hitoshi Abe to be published in English. Featuring 26 projects that include stadia, museums, bridges and private houses, each building is discussed in detail and accompanied by photographs, computer renderings and concept drawings.

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This is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Hitoshi Abe (b.1962), one of the most interesting of Japan's new generation of architects. Abe's architecture is internationally renowned for its structural innovation and spatial complexity, and in 2007 he was appointed Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles. It includes all Abe's major works from the 1990s to the present, including the Miyagi Stadium, Rifu (2000), Reihoku Community Hall (2002) - for which he won the Architectural Institute of Japan Award in 2003 - and the Kanno Museum, Shiogama (2006). Every project is illustrated with a wealth of interior and exterior photographs, as well as drawings by the architect and computer renderings. It explores Abe's distinctive aesthetic in detail, which combines an emphasis on everyday use with innovative engineering solutions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0714846651
• ISBN 13: 9780714846651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208