Architecture is the art of creating spaces that inspire, function, and endure.

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Like flowers that bloom in unexpected places, every story unfolds with beauty and resilience, revealing hidden wonders.

Wonder Lake.

Lakes support wildlife, provide recreational activities, and offer water for agriculture and drinking. They help regulate local climates, control floods, and boost tourism, benefiting both nature and communities.

ECOSYSTEM

Positive growth.

Nature, in the common sense, refers to essences unchanged by man; space, the air, the river, the leaf. Art is applied to the mixture of his will with the same things, as in a house, a canal, a statue, a picture.

But his operations taken together are so insignificant, a little chipping, baking, patching, and washing, that in an impression so grand as that of the world on the human mind, they do not vary the result.

The sun setting through a dense forest.
Wind turbines standing on a grassy plain, against a blue sky.
The sun shining over a ridge leading down into the shore. In the distance, a car drives down a road.

Undoubtedly we have no questions to ask which are unanswerable. We must trust the perfection of the creation so far, as to believe that whatever curiosity the order of things has awakened in our minds, the order of things can satisfy. Every man’s condition is a solution in hieroglyphic to those inquiries he would put.

I’m Asahachi Kōno, a Japanese photographer, a member of Los Angeles’s Japanese Camera Pictorialists of California. Before returning to Japan, I worked as a photo retoucher.

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Photo of a field full of flowers, a blue sky and a tree.
Profile portrait of a native person.
View of the deep ocean.
Portrait of an African Woman dressed in traditional costume, wearing decorative jewelry.
The Acropolis of Athens.
Close up of two flowers on a dark background.
Birds on a lake.
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The Stories Book

A fine collection of moments in time featuring photographs from Louis Fleckenstein, Paul Strand and Asahachi Kōno.

Available for pre-order now.

Architecture for Living

The right modeling of a living space ensures functionality, comfort, and aesthetic appeal. It optimizes space, enhances energy efficiency, and meets the needs of the occupants. Thoughtful design also increases property value and ensures the home blends well with its surroundings.

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