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Offered is a smashing book, "Toyo Ito" by authors Taro Igarashi and Dana Buntrock, a Japanese Architect and Architectural scholar, …
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Offered is a smashing book, "Toyo Ito" by authors Taro Igarashi and Dana Buntrock, a Japanese Architect and Architectural scholar, respectively. The book itself is a work of art, with its dust jacket featuring strategic cut outs reminiscent of some of Toyo Ito's most iconic buildings. Full of descriptions and anecdotes and glorious photography and illustrations of some of his illustrious projects.
First Edition, 2009
ISBN: 9780714845050
Publisher: Phaidon
Measures 10.25" wide, 11.75" tall, 1.25" deep, weighs approximately 4 lbs
From the publisher:
Toyo Ito (b.1941) is one of the world's most ground-breaking architects, recognized internationally for his inventive and original work. The revolutionary approach to engineering seen in his Sendai Mediatheque (2001) marks an important turning point not only in his own work but also in contemporary architecture in general. Before Sendai, the architect was concerned with structural lightness and transparency, and preserving conceptual purity in what he saw as the ever-changing 'non-context' of Iapanese cities. Although his designs still show these early influences, after the Sendai Mediatheque he began to leave behind what he increasingly saw as the boring boxes favoured by modernism, and move toward a light, sensuous and organic architecture that engages with the cities around it and the people who inhabit it. Toyo Ito contains essays written by the architect himself on the creative process behind his projects, as well as an introduction by the eminent architect Riken Yamamoto and exploratory essays by Dana Buntrock and Taro Igarashi. All Ito's major projects, from his early experimental White U House (1976) and Silver Hut (1984) in Tokyo, to the extraordinary projects such as TOD'S Omotesando in Tokyo (2004) and the Island City Central Park 'GRIN GRIN' in Fukuoka (2005) are included and illustrated in detail by drawings, photographs and computer renderings.
First Edition, First Printing. Published by Phaidon, 2009. Folio. Pictorial boards with black endpapers.
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- Dimensions
- 10.25ʺW × 1.25ʺD × 11.75ʺH
- Period
- 2000 - 2009
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Paper
- Photography
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gray
- Condition Notes
- Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. There is a small discoloration on the upper last few … moreBook is like new; clean with no writing or names. There is a small discoloration on the upper last few pages only visible from the sides, not on the actual pages. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with very light shelf wear. A fine copy of this monograph on the life and works of Toyo Ito. 231 pages. ISBN: 9780714845050. less
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