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Suiden Terrasse hotel exterior rising above the rice paddies of the Shonai Plain, Tsuruoka Yamagata Japan — Kengo Kuma & Ass

Shonai Hotel

Suiden Terrasse

Workshop

Architecture Photographers Almanac

Instructors

Mike Kelley & Simon Devitt

Architect

Kengo Juma & Associates

Location

Tsuruoka, Japan

Elevated above the rice paddies of the Shonai Plain, this hotel dissolves the boundary between building and landscape. Shot across four days as differing light and weather created a constantly changing subject.

Suiden Terrasse hotel facade detail, Shonai Plain Yamagata Japan, designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates — architecture photogr
Exterior view of Suiden Terrasse hotel at the edge of active rice paddies, Tsuruoka Japan — photographed by James Reed, Arch

The Workshop

The Architecture Photographers Almanac brought together photographers under the instruction of Mike Kelley and Simon Devitt to document the Shonai Plain's most quietly extraordinary building. These images are the result of that week.

Wide landscape view of Suiden Terrasse hotel appearing to float above Shonai Plain rice paddies, Yamagata Prefecture Japan —
Kengo Kuma-designed Suiden Terrasse hotel exterior in changing light, Shonai Plain Japan — documentary architecture photogra
Suiden Terrasse hotel architecture at the Shonai Plain, Tsuruoka Yamagata — photographed by James Reed under instruction of
Architectural detail of Suiden Terrasse hotel, Kengo Kuma & Associates — [ corridor / facade panel / interior space / st
Suiden Terrasse hotel floating above summer rice paddies, Shonai Plain Yamagata Prefecture Japan — Kengo Kuma architecture p

LOCATION

Suiden Terrasse sits above active rice paddies on the Shonai Plain, Yamagata Prefecture. Designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates. In summer, the building appears to float above the rice paddies.

Panoramic view of Suiden Terrasse hotel and surrounding Shonai Plain agricultural landscape, Tsuruoka Japan — architecture p

Workshop

Architecture Photographers Almanac

Instructors

Architect

Location

Mike Kelley & Simon Devitt

Kengo Juma & Associates

Tsuruoka, Japan

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