Toyo Ito: Sendai Mediatheque

by Gary Hume

Calling him a creator of timeless buildings, the Pritzker Jury further praised Ito for infusing his designs with a spiritual dimension and for the poetics that transcend all his works. Among those works, the Jury singled out his Sendai Mediatheque, whose innovative use of structural tubes permitted new interior spatial qualities.

The book Sendai Mediatheque presents the process of design and construction of Ito's prototype during the six...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8495951037
• ISBN13: 9788495951038
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Actar
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.6"