Waro Kishi
Subtitle: works and projects
By: with an essay by Masao Furuyama.
Contributors: Furuyama, Masao.
Publisher: Electa architecture; Distributed by Phaidon
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Milan; [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Kishi, Waro, -- 1950-; Architecture -- Japan -- 20th century.; Architecture -- Japan -- 21st century.
Description: Presents the works and projects of Japanese architect Waro Kishi who designs some of the most truly "architectural" buildings in the world today. He has persistently sought intelligent, beautiful and skillful architectural spaces, real buildings of Euclidean geometric clarity infused with refines Kyoto sensibilities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-239).
Table of contents: value: Detached houses; value: Kim House, Ikuno, Osaka 1986-87; value: House in Nipponbashi, Naniwa, Osaka 1990-92; value: House in Shimogamo, Sakyo, Kyoto 1992-94; value: House in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 1995-97; value: House in Suzaku, Nara 1996-98; value: House in Kurakuen I, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 1996-98; value: House in Kurakuen II, Nishinomiya, Hyoho 1996-2001; value: House in Fukaya, Saitama 1999-2001; value: House in Sakai, Osaka 2001-02; value: House in Wakayama, Wakayama 2001-02; value: Hu-tong House, Western Japan 2001-02; value: House in Higashi-Otsu, Shiga 2001-03; value: Residence annex for K House, Aichi 2002-03; value: Standard house 2004, Sakyo, Kyoto 2003-04; value: House in Yoyogi-Uehara, Tokyo 2003-; value: Urban projects; value: Auto lab car showroom, Ukyo, Kyoto 1989; value: Kyoto-Kagaku research institute, Kizu, Kyoto 1987-90; value: Yunoka footbridge, Ashikita, Kumamoto 1989-91; value: Sonobe SD office building, Sonobe, Kyoto 1991-93; value: Max Mara headquarters competition project, Reggion Emilia 1994-95; value: Murasakino Wakuden restaurant, Kita, Kyoto 1994-95; value: Competition project for the national library Kansai division, Seika, Kyoto 1996; value: Yamaguchi memorial hall, Ube, Yamaguchi 1994-97; value: Kazurasei antique gallery, Nagayo, Kyoto 1998-2000; value: Urban project of the Teresitas beachfront, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands 2000; value: Stadium 600 Pachinki arcade, Nagoya, Aichi 2000-01; value: Competition project for the Eda housing complex, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2002; value: Competition project for the Nam June Paik museum, Kyonggi, South Korea 2003; value: Meridian line Akashi ferry terminal, Akashi, Hyogo 2002-03; value: Competition project for the Kumano forest information center, Owase, Mie 2003; value: Sumida dental clinic, Amagasaki, Hyogo 2002-04; value: Paju SW office, Seoul, South Korea 2001-04; value: Gifu Kitakata housing, Gifu 2002-; value: LT Aoyama building, Minato, Tokyo 2003-; value: Installations and design; value: Via bus stop chain of Garment stores, Shinjuku, Tokyo 1997 / Otaru, Hokkaido 1998-99 / Kakata, Fukuoka 1998-99; value: Interior of the iCB, Paris 1998-99; value: Interior of Room 435, Atami, Shizuoka 2002; value: Interiors of the Ono store/Kyoto, Nakagyo, Kyoto 2003; value: Aqua cube furniture, Cassina 2002-04.