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Takanawa Gateway City, a ¥600 billion ($3.3 billion) complex spanning 845,000 square meters, is a long-planned redevelopment project from East Japan Railway (JR East) that integrates residential, commercial and cultural facilities.

"Takanawa Gateway City is the testing ground for the makings of a fulfilled life 100 years into the future," said... See more

次世代に繋ぐ伝統建築 (先人の知恵を記憶する)

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According to Google this translates to “Traditional architecture that connects to the next generation, remembers the wisdom of our predecessors”

The great American-born woodworker George Nakashima has built his work around the principle that each piece of wood has a perfect use, and it is up to the woodworker to find that use and to allow the tree to live on through his craft. His work revolves around the natural beauty of the wood, and working it in such a way as to give full play to the

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My entire philosophy of how I organize myself as a working painter can be summed up by something George Carlin said: “Just keep movin’ straight ahead. Every now and then you find yourself in a different place.”

You hear a lot in art school about how painters must continue to “grow” and “evolve”—but I think those are such bullshit words. There is... See more