Wright Chat

New Japanese architecture:

http://curbed.com/archives/2011/04/14/j ... effort.php

My favorite is the "Ring House":

http://tna-arch.com/english/archi/archi_wa01.html

Wow. Ring House is the kind of play that I always like, and have explored myself in the past. Photo 10, and the last one, show how the kitchen disappears into the strata of the fabric.

One wants some of the bands in the spaces -- the upper ones ? -- to be more slender -- and lined with wood ! But the bands are carefully restrained to two or three widths -- and may have an important role in providing shear to the walls.

S