Masonry Magazine December 1994 Page. 8

Words: Justin Breithaupt, Stewart Earle, Mario Catani, Colin Munro, Greg Borchelt, James Amrhein, John Melander, John Ries, Charles Ostrander, Mark Larsen, Kenneth Gutschick, Al Isberner, Ken Dash, Garth Miller, Robert VanLaningham, Warren Wind, Wilbert Schmidt, Howard Droz
Masonry Magazine December 1994 Page. 8

Masonry Magazine December 1994 Page. 8
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8 MASONRY-NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 1994

COVER
THE KAWAYAKYU Hotel, Shiraha-ma, Japan, is unique. The use of shapes and forms in its creation challenged the visual senses and tested the skills of designers, manufacturers and craftsmen from many parts of the world. Since the 1923 Tokyo earthquake, brick hadn't featured strongly in Japanese architecture, but that was to change when it was decided to use brickwork as the main cladding material for the unique hotel complex. After extensive research to find a brickmaker capable of producing the many unique brick types on a tight deadline, the design team settled on Ibstock Building Products, Leicestershire, England, who handled materialization of the architect's image into brick, from design analysis to reproduction. General contractor for the earthquake-proof structure was the Dutch technical firm I.B.S.S. Bricklayer was Takayama-san of Japan. Architect was Yuzo Nagata, Osaka, Japan, who said of the project "With this great experiment in Japan as a start. I shall always search for new possibilities for the use of brick in future projects."

EDITORIAL ADVISORY
BOARD
James E. Amrhein, Masonry Institute of
America; Greg Borchelt, Brick Institute of
America; Mario Catani, Dur-O-Wal,
Incorporated; Ken Dash, National
Association of Brick Distributors; Howard
Droz, Smith Hinchman & Grylls; Stewart
Earle, Ontario Masonry Industry Promotion
Fund; Kenneth Gutschick, National Lime
Association; Al Isberner, Consulting
Materials Engineer; John Melander,
Portland Cement Association; Garth W.
Miller, Masonry Consultant: Colin Munro,
Chartered Masonry Consultant; Charles
Ostrander, Illinois Masonry Institute; John
P. Ries, Expanded Shale Clay and Slate
Institute: Robert Van Laningham, National
Concrete Masonry Association

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Stone Contracting: Warren
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