The City of Mishima in Japan is twinned with Pasadena in California. Pasadena Heights is the name of a housing complex in Mishima and designed by Kiyonori Kikutake, completed 1974. I remember it from Japan Architect, the English language version of 新建築. Here it is now, still at 35° 6’53.68″ 138°57’38.37″ Its description on housingprototypes.org doesn’t do it justice. … Continue reading The building is not trying to be a mountain