This is a superbly illustrated exploration of the works of Waro Kishi - one of Japan's most innovative contemporary architects. For more than twenty years, Waro Kishi (b. 1950) has been at the forefront of contemporary Japanese architecture. Made pri marily of glass and steel, rather than concrete, his works display a unique aesthetic sensibility defined by the delicate interaction of materials, environment, and style. "The Best of Waro Kishi" is a superbly illustrated volume that offers a compre hensive survey of the entire career of one of the most innovative architects to have emerged from Japan in the second half of the twentieth century.