Tucked away in an old neighbourhood of traditional wooden houses and temples, SCAI The Bathhouse is one of Tokyo's most prestigious contemporary art galleries and perhaps also the most delightful art space in the city.
"The restoration and completion of the "The Heart of the Park" became the generative force behind the re-activation of a delightful, civic space," according to the American Society of Landscape Architects, which gave the work its 2005 General Design Award of Excellence.
There is something palliative about the way that outfits such as Assemble are given a licence to create delightful moments of public space, but kept away from the decisions that really shape cities.
* And should you be in the market for a room with a view, you might be tempted by the possibilities of structures such as Malcolm Fraser Architects' Outlandia Field Station at Glen Nevis, a simple but beautifully detailed lookout cabin that would make a delightful workroom or meditation space anywhere.
The High Line, an abandoned elevated railway that once carried freight to, and sometimes inside, warehouses, is already a fanciful forest of industrial decay and native plants, and it has the potential to be the most delightful and unconventional green space in the country.
It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery--a white patch for a boy to dream gloriously over.
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Today, the rift has essentially come down to access (he is for more, imagining the space as a delightful one for arts club functions).
Visiting his patented array of heartwarming ghouls and overworked witch doctors, delightful crypts and one-eyed space tots; his interesting funerals, bulging pythons, and gentle executioners — all set forth in clear, masterly dark washes — brings joy without complication.
Inigo Calderon, on the right, found space after a delightful back-heel from Will Buckley and his pass to Lingard was blasted home at the second attempt.
