FOBA / Buildings

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Architecture

ISBN: 9781568985275
English edition
Princeton Architectural Press
Softcover, 224 pages
17,1 x 23,5 cm
colour/black & white
September 2005
€30,00 (excl. VAT)

FOBA / Buildings

Katsu Umebayashi, Thomas Daniell, Michael Webb

Pure. Minimal. Simple. These are the words commonly used to describe the work of contemporary Japanese architects. FOBA, an internationally celebrated architectural practice based in Kyoto, looks beyond the aesthetics of minimalism, instead finding inspiration in the relationships between structure and site.

FOBA / Buildings, the first monograph on the decade-old firm, features ten projects of surprising range: undulating lines, overlapping cubes, interpenetrating forms, and unexpected pairings demonstrate a varied set of approaches to projects. The work is at times boldly expressionistic, and at others refreshingly austere.