Experimental yet practical solutions to huge architectural challenges are documented in this tribute to a Japanese architect whose work has helped thousands. The pioneering, deeply committed spirit of this Tokyo-born, American-trained architect can be seen in the shelters he designed for the enormous numbers of people made homeless by disasters in Kobe, Rwanda, and Cambodia. Through experimenting with unconventional materials such as paper-tube structures, he succeeds in finding answers to daunting architectural problems, ...
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Experimental yet practical solutions to huge architectural challenges are documented in this tribute to a Japanese architect whose work has helped thousands. The pioneering, deeply committed spirit of this Tokyo-born, American-trained architect can be seen in the shelters he designed for the enormous numbers of people made homeless by disasters in Kobe, Rwanda, and Cambodia. Through experimenting with unconventional materials such as paper-tube structures, he succeeds in finding answers to daunting architectural problems, as shown in this monograph's complete review of his work.
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