John BarrNov 5, 201711 min readLight and Transparency in Japanese Architecture (In Praise of Fuzziness)Dark spaces exist in both Japan and the West but the responses have been different.
John BarrOct 1, 201711 min readIn Search of Japan-ness : Part 2 (We're All Japanese Now)An examination of Jun'Ichiro Tanizaki's essay In'ei Raisan (In Praise of Shadows).
John BarrSep 3, 201713 min readIn Search of Japan-ness : Part 1 (Putting Lipstick on the Gorilla)For Japanese architects, 1933 was a pivotal year in their search for a Japanese modernism.