Back to Ishizaka for the opening of a new community center
The reason I went to Japan was to speak at an event held by Ishizaka, a recycling facility that takes buildings and recycles them up…
May 2, 2016
One of the world’s coolest kindergartens is in Japan
I was with the architect of the Fuji school last week. It’s round and it’s one of the coolest kindergartens in the world. There’s a…
April 29, 2016
Travel notes from Sumba
Just returned from Sumba, on a trip to see the progress of The Sumba Hospitality Foundation‘s campus currently being constructed by Ibuku. Sumba is the…
April 15, 2016
The wooden car by Toyota (and our bamboo buggy)
I have one question though. What about bamboo? Wood is wood, but bamboo is better. -JH Toyota has just created a wooden car to be…
March 12, 2016
The best thing in Japan: Ishizaka Recycling Factory
The Ishizaka Recycling Factory is insane. It’s an hour and a half outside Tokyo. The founder was a guy who ran a recycling business….
February 15, 2016
How to build a tiger proof house
John went to visit the earthen round houses of Yuchang. Amazing houses, closed on the outside with no windows until the 3rd floor because of stories of…
Chiara and the Onigiri Pyramids at Wonderfruit Festival
The Wonderfruit Festival is about bringing communities together in Thailand, to nurture collaborative, creative cultures and inspire celebration of the arts and the adventure of…
December 23, 2015
Installations by Cornelia Konrad
Incredible public installations by Cornelia Konrad. See it here, here and here. From Inhabitat: Cornelia Konrads’ Land Art installations have floated over natural landscapes across…
September 12, 2015
Bamboo and Hiroshima
Did you know that the first thing to grow again after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima was bamboo?
August 10, 2015
Antoon Versteegde – Transient Structures of Bamboo
Antoon Versteegde has a wealth of information on his site and some great videos on bamboo installations: Transient Structures of Bamboo.
September 16, 2013
