Casabella 942
The design of a house can offer opportunities for experimentation in terms of construction techniques and language: this is the theme explored in «Casabella» 942 for the first part of the issue, covering projects that are very different from one another, by Studio Albori, Bricolo Falsarella and Jo Taillieu. This section is followed by an extensive anthology of the works of Uno Tomoaki (ten of his completed projects, with detailed documentation on construction details and furnishings). Uno Tomoaki is one of the most original and eclectic exponents of contemporary Japanese architectural culture, with its particular focus on the attribution of overriding value to the taste for simplification and use of traditional building techniques.
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