Click on the picture to start slide show. Stanislav Libensky (1921-2002) world-renowned Czech glass artist. Most of his life he worked with his wife and artistic collaborator Jaroslava Brychtova (1924-). In collaboration they were leaders of contemporary glass art. (Although I’ve photographed the couple, in this slideshow only Stanislav Libensky has been appeared.) Stanislav Libensky [...]

Architect Josef Gocar 1921-23 Rondo cubist architecture flourished in a few years after the first world war. In old days, the style of Czechoslovakia Legion Bank was called ‘Czech deco’ or ‘Czech national style’, which were renamed the rondo cubism by Czech art/architecture critique Maria Benesova in 1969.

(Double-click on above picture for the slide show.) I wish you all the best for this New Year.

What does the bird on electric wires look? In Hayama, this is it. Architectsand a couple of house-owner waved their hands to the bird-man.

C.Y.Lee and Partners Architects Chang Ku World Trade Tower 1992 Chang Ku World Trade Tower, after this 50-storied tower followed T&C Tower and Taipei 101, was the first scraper not only in Taiwan, but also C.Y.Lee’s works. Is this Kanji architecture, too? Yes, this is. C.Y.Lee said “In our culture, “exaltedness” is conceived of as [...]

C.Y.Lee & Partners T&C Tower or 85 Skytower or (in Chinese) 1997 continued previous kanji architecture. The shape of this tower was inspired by the Chinese character Kao (or Gao) of the first character of city’s name Kaohsiung. Kanji Kao(Gao), also means tall.

2005 Aichi Expo Japan Pavilion (photographed under construction in Jan 2005) A huge 90m x 70m x 19m bamboo cage covered with an inner pavilion, which seemed to have resulted in considerable reduction of heat load, if the pavilion was not demolished, bamboo and other natural materials what were going on?

Spouting water shot the tower into the sky.