From Antoni Gaudí to Zaha Hadid, 55 architects and their chairs in one book

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Mario Botta, Quarta Chair, 1984. (Photo by Aldo Ballo. © Courtesy of Mario Botta)

Mario Botta, Church, Seriate, Italy, 2004. (Photo by Enrico Cano, © Courtesy of Mario Botta)

Renzo Piano, Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, Paris, France, 2014. (© Courtesy of Michel Denancé)

Renzo Piano, Piano Design Chair, 2014. (© Courtesy of Riva1920)

Kengo Kuma, GC Chair, 2011. (Photo by Masatoshi Mori, © Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates)

Kengo Kuma, GC Prostho Museum Research Design Center, Kasugai-shi, Japan 2010. (Photo by Daici Ano, © Courtesy of Kengo Kuma & Associates)

Shigeru Ban, Paper House, Yamanashi, Japan 1995. (Photo by Hiroyuki Hirai, © Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects)

A new book, Chairs By Architects, by art historian Agata Toromanoff, explores the relationship between architects’ buildings and chair designs. Here are a few excerpts from the tome!