ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 305

Wed Sep 27 20:49:15 PDT 2006

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FOBA KYOTO
    by Michael Webb
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	Some architects pursue consistent themes that can be
	adjusted to any site or building type, while others
	take a fresh approach to every project, giving each a
	distinctive expression. FOBA, the firm that Katsu
	Umebayashi established on the outskirts of Kyoto in
	1994, has a foot in both camps.

	It is instructive to compare FOBA's strategies with
	those of other contemporary Japanese architects,
	especially in its home city of Kyoto, where buildings
	range from discreet wooden rowhouses to garish,
	misshapen towers o often on adjoining blocks. During
	the boom years of the 1980s, when extravagance of every
	kind was prized in Japan, architects went to extremes
	of showiness and stealth in their buildings.

	Shin Takamatsu, the Kyoto-based architect with whom
	Umebayashi spent his formative years, attacked the
	visual chaos head on with sculptural forms that drew
	attention to themselves and away from their prosaic
	neighbors.

	Fumihiko Maki, the mandarin of minimalism, is
	responsible for the National Museum of Modern Art in
	Kyoto (1986), a building that respects the scale of its
	neighbors but also seems to disdain them. Cool,
	harmonious, and bloodless, it is a universal building
	that could have been located anywhere in Japan or
	abroad.

	In contrast to such work, FOBA seeks to engage the
	urban context - to play to the strengths rather than
	the weaknesses of the surroundings and to locate the
	enduring amid the ephemeral.

	Continuity of space and respect for context are always
	evident, but Umebayashi eschews a signature style or
	concept. "I always want to try something
	unconventional," he observes, "otherwise, why take on a
	job at all? It should be new every time."
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Brick Awards 2006
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	Traditional clay brick still plays an important,
	expressive role in modern architecture, and to
	highlight a few North American examples of its
	application, the Brick Industry Association (BIA)
	announced in July 2006 the results of its annual Brick
	in Architecture awards. In the words of BIA president
	Dick Jennison, "The winning projects demonstrate the
	versatility and enduring appeal of clay brick in
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Hong Kong Villages
    by Ian Morley
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	When the British occupied a "barren rock" following the
	First Opium War in 1841, Foreign Secretary Lord
	Palmerston was "greatly mortified and disappointed" at
	the island's perceived worthlessness. Since then,
	however, Hong Kong has become one of the world's most
	important entrepreneurial, architectural, banking, and
	trading centers.
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