Shuhei Endo

Paramodern Architecture. Edited by Hiroyuki Suzuki. Texts by Shuhei Endo and Hiroyuki Suzuki. Translation: Richard Sadleir.

This book offers readers the first complete monograph dedicated to the work of Shuhei Endo. Now only in his forties, Endo has recently received extensive coverage in the international architectural press for the originality of his buildings. Skintecture, Springtecture, Rooftecture are some of the labels he uses to indicate the formal and structural features of his work, mostly made in highly original fashion from corrugated sheet metal and other explicitly "cheap" materials. Endo uses the two concepts Renzokutai and Bunyutai, which can be translated as "continuity" and "partial sharing" or "sharing of parts." The terms express Endo's interest in building components that are quintessentially ambiguous and architectural arrangements whose origin Suzuki explains as the expression of a heterodox relationship between tradition and experiment. 211 Seiten mit zahlreichen Farb- und s/w-Abb., Großformat, Leinen (Electa Architecture 2003) untere Ecke und Rückenkante leicht bestoßen, Schutzumschlag etwas lädiert/lower corner and spine slightly bumped, dust jacket somewhat damaged