George Nakashima

An article and some photos about Japanese-American furniture designer/architect George Nakashima:

His architecture is an aesthetic bridge between East and West. Some of the buildings on the compound are extremely modern in their exteriors, but the interiors are modulated by Japanese proportion and motifs. He used shoji screens in every one, and created a great flexibility and fluidity in the flow between inner and outer environments, a common characteristic of Japanese houses. The primary goal of his work, writes Mira Nakashima in her 2003 book, "Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima," "was to encourage human beings to live in harmony with nature … "

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