SHIGERU BAN.
Foreword by Frei Otto. Pp. 240, printed in red & black, illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white, plans, list of works, firm profile; wide demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, lettered in black, with rectangular die-cuts to both boards, small name stamp at head of half-title page; Phaidon, London, 2004. Second printing. *'Shigeru Ban designs and builds graceful structures using organic materials such as paper tubes, bamboo, and engineered wood. . . . This book, designed in collaboration with the architect, presents his projects in sections - paper, wood, bamboo, pre-fabrication, and skin - that delineate the major themes of his work, accompanied by technical information that documents Ban's pioneering tests on these materials' [cover blurb]. Item #176932
Price: $120.00