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Yoshinari Nishio: Overall Project in Nairobi |
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| Roger McDonald |
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| Yoshinari Nishio can sew. He is also rather adept at using the sewing machine. These simple home-keeping skills form the core of his art practice, which emerges from his long interest in fashion and clothes and today extends to participatory art projects that involve many people over several weeks. more...
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Design-Forward Collaborations between Landlords and Architects Lure Tenants |
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| Susan Rogers Chikuba |
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| A welcome trend in Japan's hidebound real estate rentals market is spurring the creation of design-forward spaces by architects of all ages -- good news for property owners and prospective renters tired of cookie-cutter designs. In renovation especially and with new construction gradually, the market is increasingly offering diversity of choice. more... |
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All Aboard: Life on the Water with the Boat People/Tokyo Artpoint Project |
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| Alan Gleason |
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| Tokyo and Yokohama are relatively young cities. Their downtown and harbor districts were built on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay over the past four centuries, dating back to when the Tokugawa Shogunate created a new capital, Edo, out of swampland. Edo's successor, Tokyo, still boasts a labyrinthine network of canals rivaling Venice. more... |
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