terunobu fujimori

ARCHITECTURE text by JEFF RIAN photography by TAKASHI HOMMA a world of handmade houses using natural materials like wood and plaster, created by an architect who has the freedom and humor to construct eccentric cabins and floating habitats high in the air. The word “architecture” doesn’t seem to apply to the work of Terunobu Fujimori (b. 1946), who says he wants to build “freely,” to inject “fun into architecture,” and to accommodate diverse tastes, but always with a concern for comfort. A renowned architect, architectural historian, author, cultural commentator, and television host, Fujimori was virtually unknown outside his home country until he represented Japan at the 2006 Venice Biennale’s International Architecture Exhibition. Fujimori studied architecture at a time when modern construction dominated and the word “architecture” might bring to mind steel and stone, concrete and glass. He was influenced by neoclassicists like Claude-Nicolas Ledoux and the modernists Le Corbusier and…