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Wabi-Sabi in Architecture
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A Japanese aesthetic sensibility centered on imperfection, impermanence and the beauty of natural aging: weathered wood, textured plaster, visible wear. Applied in contemporary architecture, it stands as a counterpoint to polished, machine-perfect modernist surfaces, and is often associated with architects working in a restrained, materially honest idiom, Tadao Ando among them.
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