Point Line Plane

Kuma, Kengo

ISBN 10: 050002796X / ISBN 13: 9780500027967

Published by Thames & Hudson, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Point Line Plane
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 050002796X
• ISBN 13: 9780500027967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Ostensibly a collection of writing that sets out Kengo Kuma's theories of architecture, but also an antivolume, antimegastructure, and in some sense anticapitalist, left-field critique of where the architecture world finds itself today.

Point Line Plane is architectural theory, but written as narrative, full of intriguing vignettes, such as the fact that in Ancient Rome windows were fitted with slices of marble because glass was so expensive. It's written in a very Japanese form: a series of mini essays that circle around a theme and is aimed at a highly literate audience.

Seventy-two related essays across four sections set out Kuma's rejection of the architecture of volume and mass that categorized the twentieth century in favor of a more ad hoc architecture that can be easily disassembled and, by drawing on tried and tested practices of the past, touch the earth more lightly.

72 black-and-white illustrations

About the Author

Kengo Kuma established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990 and went on to become professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tokyo, in 2009. He has written several books, including Kengo Kuma: My Life as an Architect in Tokyo; Point, Line, Plane; and Kengo Kuma: Complete Works.