The Complete Works of Kengo Kuma Show the Dynamic Powers of Japanese Architecture

For nearly 30 years, Kengo Kuma has been a leading talent in contemporary architecture.
His work, which reinterprets traditional elements of Japanese architecture and showcases natural materials, was collected in Kengo Kuma: Complete Works (Thames & Hudson, $75).
Now a second edition of the volume, which contains five new projects, is being published to coincide with the opening of his latest building, the Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee, Scotland.
“The architecture of V&A Dundee is the embodiment of a dialogue between the earth and the river of Scotland,” says Kuma.
“I believe that the 21st century will be an era of the material,” he says.