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UNDER CONSTRUCTION: NAOYA HATAKEYAMA + TOYO ITO
(HATAKEYAMA, NAOYA) (ITO, TOYO). Hatakeyama, Naoya & Toyo Ito. Tokyo: Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha Co., Ltd., 2001. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese and English. "Under Construction" is Naoya Hatakeyama's elegant photographic record of Toyo Ito's "Sendai Mediatheque" project. Featuring brief texts by Hatakeyama and Ito, it documents in stunning full-page color images the elaborate construction of the noted Japanese architect's signature building. A bright, most handsome example in the publisher's printed vellum obi, as issued. 4-87460-716-0 Inventory Number: 023834