Perforated Steel Panel designed by Mount Fuji Architects is intended to define the word “Transparency”. The Panel was made of lace-like steel 3 mm thick that filters light like sunshine through foliage, with holes punched out in a floral pattern depicting cherry blossoms, a traditional Japanese Ise paper stencil pattern.

Image via ArchiDaily.

Like So Fujimoto described “It is not an object, but a field of relationships.”

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French artist Xavier Veilhan invited some of the world famous architects to strike a pose for his latest “Scan and sculpts architects” projects. The result was shown at the Chateau de Versailles last year.

The Architects, 2009
From left to right : Bona-Lemercier, Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Kazuyo Sejima, Lacaton & Vassal.
Cast aluminium, polyurethane paint. 11
statues, variable dimensions (maximumheight with base : 553 cm).
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris-Miami
© Photo Florian Kleinefenn. © Veilhan / Adagp, Paris, 2009

笔墨的发展无限，永远随思想感情之异而呈新形态。笔墨属技巧，技巧乃思想感情之奴仆，被奴役之技有时却成为创新之旗。石 涛谓无法之法乃为至法，明确反对以古人笔墨程式束缚了自家艺术，其实他早先提出了笔墨等于零的理念。知识分子的天职是推翻成见，而成见之被推翻当缘于新实 践、新成果的显现，历史上已多明鉴。(by Wu Guanzhong)

Arrived at my doorstep today! 12 Volumes! Yes, those are the books that Taschen compiled for the past 80 years of Domus Magazine with CDs (The CD is super useful for quick search)! You can call this your architecture “Library” instead!