Shuhei Endo. Paramodern architecture.

Endo, Shuhei - Suzuki, Hiroyuki (Ed.).

ISBN 10: 1904313140 / ISBN 13: 9781904313144

Published by Mailand Electa 2003, 2003

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4°, 211 S., mit zahlreichen farbigen und s/w Abbildungen. Orig.-Pappband mit Orig.-Umschlag. Erste englische Ausgabe.- Umschlag leicht fleckig und mit einigen kleinen Läsuren, Titel mit Stempel. Gutes Exemplar. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs to destinations outside of the EU are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shuhei Endo. Paramodern architecture.
• Publisher: Mailand Electa 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904313140
• ISBN 13: 9781904313144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architektur

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Synopsis

Japanese architect Shuhei Endo can be defined as an architect of steel since he distinctly favours this material in the buildings he designs and continually experiments with its infinite possibilities. His works are apparently weightless and communicate a sense of liberty: undulating sheets of steel are twisted into spirals and wrapped around buildings in overlapping layers, like petals of flowers, or arranged on different levels to create a membrane around open spaces. This approach is most evident in the "great roofs" that house Endo-designed offices, such as Rooftecture N (Nisinomiya, Hyogo, 1998), or spaces for relaxation and meetings, such as Rooftecture T (Fukui, 1997), as well as private homes, such as Springtecture H (Harima, 1998) and Rooftecture M (Maruoka, 2001). Born in 1960 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, he graduated in 1986 from the Kyoto School of Art and then joined the Osamu Ishii & Biken Associates architectural studio. In 1988 he founded the Shuhei Endo Institute in Osaka and began teaching at Kinki University, Kobe Design University and the Fukui Institute of Technology.

About the Author

Hiroyuki Suzuki is a professor of architecture at the University of Tokyo, where he has taught since 1990. He has published essays and articles in leading Japanese and international periodicals and is the author of the books Shisendo: Hall of the Poetry Immortals (1991) and Back from Utopia (2002).