Atelier Tekuto : Listen to the Materials

Yasuhiro Yamashita, founder of Atelier Tekuto, wishes to place the Atelier's work in a wider global context engaged in issues of economy, versatility, ecology, and social action. The materials are always his starting point in the design of a project, he listens to the materials, identifying and understanding the essence of them by all perceptions. Featured in this book is a wide range of his buildings and the materials used; churches and earth bricks, mobile homes and twin bricks, private houses and wafers.