{"id":5843,"date":"2009-11-18T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=5843"},"modified":"2009-11-21T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T14:36:12","slug":"voids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/11\/voids\/","title":{"rendered":"Voids"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids1.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids2.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids3.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids4.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids5.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids6.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids7.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/voids8.jpg?w=500\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"photos\" class=\"floatright\">via <b>Masatsugu Yamamoto Architect and Associates<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<sup>Who:<\/sup> <b>Masatsugu Yamamoto<\/b><br \/>\n<sup>What:<\/sup> Single family residence<br \/>\n<sup>Where:<\/sup> Osaka<br \/>\n<sup>When:<\/sup> 2008<br \/>\n<sup>How:<\/sup> Three-story wood frame construction<br \/>\n<sup>Site Area:<\/sup> 1,097 square feet<br \/>\n<sup>Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 1,623 square feet<br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-5843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","tag-japan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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