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London: Studio Vista, 1977. First edition of this seminal work in architecture. Quarto, original boards, illustrated. Signed in both English and Japanese by Kurokawa and also signed by Charles Jencks, who contributed the introduction. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Kisho Kurokawa was a leading Japanese architect and the founder of the Metabolist Movement who has won over ten awards, including the 2005 Walpole Medal of Excellence, 2005 Shungdu Friendship Award, and 2006 International Architecture Award. Metabolism in Architecture is a manifesto of the Metabolist Movement, an architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth.
Metabolism in Architecture by Kurokawa, Kisho - 1977
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Boulder: Westview Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper.. 208 pages.25 x 19 cm. Introduction by Charles Jencks, who notes, "Metabolism became an extended biological analogy meant to replace the mechanical analogy of orthodox modern architecture." Profusely illustrated with photographs and plans. Bibliography.
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- Date Published 1977
- Keywords Modern Art
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