ATELIER BOW-WOW: BEHAVIOROLOGY with texts by Terunobu Fujimori, Washida Menruro, Yoshikazu Nango and Enrique Walker

Rizzoli, 2010, First edition, 304 pp, 8" X 12", Hardcover

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The first book to document the Tokyo-based architectural firm, one of the most innovative practices working today. Achieving near cult status among architectural students around the world, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima of Atelier Bow-Wow have built a career confronting the challenges posed by dense urban environments. Their city houses—enclosed in vibrant, idiosyncratic forms—are distinguished by their capacity to accommodate the changing needs of the occupants. A basic feature is the permeability of interior spaces, where public and the more intimate places co-mingle, often in vertical structures with a total floor area that rarely exceeds 200 square meters. Atelier Bow-Wow also has a dedicated research division that has published a number of treatises on vernacular architecture. This book features research, plans, explorations on mobile/portable projects and includes information on and documentation of key projects such as the Mini House, The Sway House, the Juicy House, House and Atelier Bow-Wow, the House Tower, and the Aco House.

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