{"id":2087,"date":"2008-11-18T06:27:48","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T10:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2008-11-18T06:32:17","modified_gmt":"2008-11-18T10:32:17","slug":"after-three-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/11\/after-three-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"After three decades&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/11\/after-three-decades\/four\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/four.jpg?fit=500%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Four facades\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/four.jpg?fit=500%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/four.jpg?resize=500%2C700\" alt=\"\" title=\"Four facades\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/four.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/four.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a strong similarity among these four facades. The first building (1) is, of course, the famous Azuma House by Tadao Ando<!--more-->. The rest of the three buildings (2, 3 &#038; 4) were designed by a much younger generation of architects. Ando&#8217;s Azuma House was epoch-making in the history of Japanese design, but I doubt if it had any influence on these younger architects. The resemblance is merely superficial when you see what is going on on the other side. Check it out by yourself.<\/p>\n<p>1. 32 years ago&#8230;<br \/>\nAzuma House 1976<br \/>\nby Tadao Ando (b. 1941)<br \/>\nThis is <a href=\"http:\/\/wwx.baunetz.de\/aip\/2003\/home\/grgbsch\/\">fun<\/a>!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?client=safari&#038;rls=ja-jp&#038;q=azuma%20house&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;um=1&#038;sa=N&#038;tab=wi\">Google Image Search<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Only last year.<br \/>\nNew Cap Bldg. 2007<br \/>\nby Katsuhiro Shimizu (b. 1974)<br \/>\nThe architect&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katsu-archi.com\/archives\/works\/000463.php\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Also last year.<br \/>\nLAD Musician Nagoya 2007<br \/>\nby Shin Ohori (b. 1967)<br \/>\nThe architect&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.general-design.net\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. It&#8217;s brand new.<br \/>\nW-Window House 2008<br \/>\nby Kentaro Takeguchi &#038; Asako Yamamoto<br \/>\nCheck our <a href=\"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/11\/w-window-house-part-1-interior\/\">previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strong similarity among these four facades. 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