Yakisugi and shou sugi ban both refer to the traditional Japanese method of preserving wood by charring the surface. The artist Terunobu Fujimori dubbed his summer house in Nagano, completed in 2007, the “Charcoal House”, after its black haptic surfaces. There are also individual examples of black-coloured architecture in Europe.

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Yakisugi and shou sugi ban both refer to the traditional Japanese method of preserving wood by charring the surface. The artist Terunobu Fujimori dubbed his summer house in Nagano, completed in 2007, the “Charcoal House”, after its black haptic surfaces. There are also individual examples of black-coloured architecture in Europe. — Yakisugi and shou sugi ban both refer to the traditional Japanese method of preserving wood by charring the surface. The artist Terunobu Fujimori dubbed his summer house in Nagano, completed in 2007, the “Charcoal House”, after its black haptic surfaces. There are also individual examples of black-coloured architecture in Europe.
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