We've been keeping our thoughts with the people of Japan and celebrating Japanese culture by revisiting some of our favorite architects from the country, and highlighting the art and architecture of emerging artists and designers, whose work is reflective of the culture of old and new, the relationship between tradition and technology, and the beauty of a landscape reflected in architects' interpretations of the vernacular.
To follow up with our post from earlier this week on the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial in Japan, we're taking a closer look at one of the permanent art installations, Potemkin, a 'park for post-industrial meditation' by Finnish architecture firm Casagrande & Rintala.
Read MoreAddressing the natural and built environment from a different perspective, we taking a cue from Japan, with regard to sustainability in a social and cultural context- more specifically, the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, the world's largest public art festival, occurring every three years in the Niigata Prefecture.
As a follow up to last week's post on The Ecology Center's book, Backyard Skills: A D.I.Y. Handbook, we're officially sharing our favorite images of this project, taken after the project's completion in the fall of last year.
The other day, we picked up The Ecology Center's recently published book Backyard Skills: A D.I.Y. Handbook, a collection of projects, infographics, and practices inspired by last year's popular Basic Needs lecture series.
