TANE GARDEN HOUSE

Handsome little book on the Tane Garden House, designed by Tsuyoshi Tane for the Vitra Design Museum campus. Tane approached the building from the viewpoint he articulated in his manifesto Archaeology of the Future: “I believe that a place will always have memories deeply embedded in the ground and in history. And that this memory does not belong to the past, but is the driving force that creates architecture.” To eliminate the harmful environmental effects of modern construction, he used only above-ground materials such as stone, wood, rope and thatch, and employed local craftsmen to construct the site.

Paperback, 4.25 x 6 in. / 304 pgs / 200 color / 400 bw.