1. The Museum of Wood (Tadao Ando)
... sort of mystery in the volume and context of the building. He stays just a little while longer before he is drawn out to the walkway. The inside of the museum's galleries are somewhat different. There is an eerie feeling that may overwhelm the observer. Tall wood columns of bare, unfinished wood tower from the floors and cover the ceiling with intricate ... pine Douglas fir fills the air and a viewer may be engulfed in his sense of smell due to the overindulgence of timber. "This elementality (excess of wood used in the galleries) heightens the building's curious sense of timelessness; ...
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