They can smell the wood All of the wooden shelves used for storing books were on the warehouse's first floor. We decided to keep these shelves as they were to form a library, and we also created a small lecture hall for holding talks by writers and makers. Although contemporary society is moving away from books and towards computers and information technology, people nevertheless have a strong feeling of connection to – and nostalgia for – trees and things that are made from wood. La kagu is a space where visitors can really get a sense of the culture of books. When they step inside, some even say that they can smell wood. Kengo Kuma, My Life as an Architect in Tokyo The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses woodsensesbooks
In the lee of the sills The first thing you register here is the dramatic inconsistency in the coloration of the timber cladding the house in Haldenstein: the natural hues of the wood survive only in the lee of the sills, like re-growth along the parties of a head of dyed hair. But a second glance takes in the precision of the cuts made to accommodate the window and the fact that the pine is used in seamless lengths. John Pawson, A Visual Inventory woodcolorage
Anatomical Drawings of Staircase Spaces A Book by Tomoyuki Tanaka ShibuyaDetailPlatformsSpiralDescent+3 More Back to the Drawing BoardSection-perspective drawingKengo Kuma's sketches architecturedrawingtransportationart
Platforms Show image 0 Show image 1 Original by Tanaka, and my own digital tracing. Tablets have caught up