June 28, 2016
How Architects’ Buildings Effect Their Chair Designs
A new book explores how qualities in architects’ buildings translate into their chair designs.
As the straightforward title intimates, Chairs by Architects is a new book by art historian Agata Toromanoff that compiles 55 chairs by architects and explores how qualities in these architects’ buildings translate into their designs. The following are just a few of the chairs featured in the book, which covers chairs from architects as well known as Antoni Gaudí, Walter Gropius, Santiago Calatrava, and Zaha Hadid.
Jean Prouvé
Maison Démontable 8 x 8, 1945
Courtesy Galerie Patrick Seguin
Standard chair
Courtesy Galerie Patrick Seguin
Mario Bellini
“Green Towers” Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Germany, 2006-2011
Courtesy Mario Bellini Architects & Deutsche Bank
KI chair, 2010
Courtesy Horm.it
Renzo Piano
Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, Paris, France, 2014
Courtesy Michel Denancé
Piano Design Chair, 2014
Courtesy Riva1920
Mario Botta
Church, Seriate, Italy, 2004
Photo by Enrico Cano, Courtesy Mario Botta
Quarta chair, 1984
Photo by Aldo Ballo, Courtesy Mario Botta
Waro Kishi
Kit House, Kyoto, Japan, 2010
Photo by Shigeo Ogawa, Courtesy Waro Kishi + K. Associates
TS chair, 1989
Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai, Courtesy Waro Kishi + K. Associates
Kengo Kuma
GC Prostho Museum Research Design Center, Kasugai-shi, Japan 2010
Photo by Daici Ano, Courtesy Kengo Kuma & Associates
GC chair, 2011
Photo by Masatoshi Mori, Courtesy Kengo Kuma & Associates
Piero Lissoni
Mare Pineta Hotel, Cervia, Italy, 2010
Photo by Cesare Chimenti, Courtesy Lissoni Associati
184 Eve chair, 2009
Courtesy Cassina
Shigeru Ban
Paper House, Yamanashi, Japan 1995
Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai, Courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects
Paper Tube and Plywood Stool, 1997
Courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects
Satoshi Okada
House U, Tokyo, Japan, 2013
Courtesy Satoshi Okada
Titanium chair, 2007
Courtesy Satoshi Okada
Julien De Smedt
TAD/Iceberg, Aarhus, Denmark, 2013
Photo by Mikkel Frost, Courtesy JDS Architects
Bone Chair, 2011
Photo by Nikolaj Moeller, Courtesy JDS Architects
