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

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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

Chairs by Architects, by Agata Toromanoff. Published by Thames & Hudson