Non Referential Architecture tea and his works helped introduce

and his works helped introduce the world to the delicate beauty and power of the Japanese woodblock technique

the feuding debutantes whose weapons are cutting words and a pair of scissors

a counter-movement and antidote to notions of progress

each specialist suggests the best way to visit a unique cross-section of Tokyo’s fascinating architectural diversity

one that is by no means exhaustive but should be read as an invitation for new cultural

Non Referential Architecture tea and his works helped introduceMore than ever, architecture is in need of provocation, a new path beyond the traditional notion that buildings must serve as vessels, or symbols of something outside themselves. Non Referential Architecture is nothing less than a manifesto for a new architecture. moreIt brings together two leading thinkers, architect Valerio Olgiati and theorist Markus Breitschmid, who have grappled with this problem since their first encounter in 2005. In a world