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Built as part of Toyama Prefecture's
machi no kao (face of the town) series of small projects
in the early 1990's, this mountain pavilion (affectionately
called Peter House locally) on the Bambajima River is one
of only a few built projects by the British architect Peter
Salter. Having also designed the Inami
Woodcarving Museum as part of the same series, Salter
appears to grasp the built character of northern Japan, neither
resorting to mimicry nor complete abandon of traditional forms,
construction, and materials. Like the Museum, the mountain
pavilion is a unique structure that enriches its environment,
in this case at a trailhead in the Northern Alps.
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