First edition first printing large format hardback in near fine condition, there is a soft bump to the bottom rear corner of boards, no other markings, the book is still in its cardboard case.

Kuma

After Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito, and Fumihiko Maki, Kengo Kuma has breathed renewed vigor and lightness into Japanese architecture. Departing from the modernist skyscraper of the 20th century, Kuma traveled through his native Japan to develop a truly sustainable approach, translating local craftsmanship and resources into site-specific, timely buildings. Informed by tradition, and with both feet firmly planted in the present, this materialist heralds a new tactile architecture marked by its engaging surfaces, innovative structures, and fluid forms, reconnecting people with the physicality of a house. Kumas objective, above all else, is just to respect the culture and environment of the place where I am working