David Keuning

Most issues of Mark magazine jump around through various strands of contemporary architecture, highlighting a number of new buildings that vie for the reader's attention. Issue #40, on the other hand, has seven Japanese houses at its core. This is not to say this it is just limited to residential architecture on the island nation, just that the usual variety of buildings swirls around the houses designed by ON Design, Suppose Design Office, and others. We can thank Cathelijne Nuijsink (whose book How to Make a Japanese House is one of my favorites of 2012) for this theme and many of the interviews for the seven houses. It's been seven issues since my last Mark review, and I'm glad to see the "bookmarks" feature is still going strong, even as it discusses the unfortunate demise of 010.… (mais)