Friday Eye Candy: Japanese Buildings That Combine 'Oddity and Innovation'

Touring Japan for strange but beautiful buildings.

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November 30, 2018, 5:00 AM PST

Organic Building by Gaetano Pesce, Osaka, Japan | twoKim Images / Shutterstock

Lidija Grozdanic shares a colorful and strange series of photos from Japan. Japanese architecture benefits from centuries of tradition that differ from familiar Western ideas, as well as "the concept of balance which shaped architects’ attitude towards nature, the specific social ethos, and the heritage of Metabolism."

Beuatiful photos and detailed explanations are included in the source article.

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