| Sumario: | The article reports that Masaki Endoh's, an architect, collaborations with his engineer creatively fuse architecture with structure. If he could, Masaki Endoh would wave a wand and make all columns and beams disappear. Collaborating with the engineer/architect Masahiro Ikeda, Endoh has been conjuring ways to minimize structural elements--whether by rendering them as thin as possible or by disguising them as wall panels and shifting loads to hidden roof trusses. Though Endoh and Ikeda(Masahiro Ikeda) have separate firms, they maintain an ongoing dialogue about the fusion of architecture and structure, extending far beyond the standard designer-consultant relationship.
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