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    Design Laid Bare

    Jun 13, 2019 2 minutes
    Text Philip Annetta

    Travelling to Shishi-Iwa House at night is quite the experience. A drive through dark countryside, redolent of pine even in the early spring thaw, gives way to a beacon, the property’s cathedral-like facade of glass puncturing the blackness with its warm light.

    Once inside, it’s immediately obvious that the Shigeru Ban Architects-designed

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