Kazuo Shinohara: The Umbrella House Project

The Umbrella House is the smallest residential home by Japanese architect and mathematician Kazuo Shinohara (1925­­-2006). This book tells the story of his unique masterpiece, which was first built in Tokyo in 1961. More than sixty years later, a stroke of good fortune made it possible to save the Umbrella House from demolition and move it to a new location, where it now stands on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein (Germany). Vitra Design Museum, 2022 This book is included in the "Masterpieces of Furniture Design" Exhibition pop-up store at M7 (Sept 2023) Author: Kazuo Shinohara ISBN: 978-3-945852-55-2 Size: 18cm × 25cm Weight: 0.38kg Format: Hardcover, screen printing No. of pages: 120 pages, ca. 80 images