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earlier this year designboom featured the canadian centre for architecture’s exhibition ‘some ideas on living
in london and tokyo by stephen taylor and ryue nishizawa’. the exhibit features residential projects by the
two international architects. now that the exhibition is complete, the CCA has teamed up with lars müller
publishers to release a catalogue of the show in both french and english.

like the exhibition, the book presents both stephen taylor and ryue nishizawa’s distinctive solutions to the
challenges of building homes dense urban cities. the book documents their projects through plan diagrams,
prototypes and photographs of complete homes. in addition, there are many photographs taken from the
exhibition at the CCA in montreal, canada. overall the book features 110 reproductions.

the exhibition and the book were a collaboration between the two architects and the show’s curator,
and editor of the catalogue, giovanna borasi. borasi also contributed an essay to the book,
which accompanies written pieces by stephen taylor and ryue nishizawa. other texts include an interview
with the architects and giovanna borasi and an essay by peter allison, architecture professor at london
south bank university.

this book is ideally suited to architecture professionals, but is approachable enough for the layperson.
stephen taylor and ryue nishizawa’s architectural ideas are something every home dweller can relate to
and provide probing insight into contemporary living.


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