MICHAEL BURNS FREEMAN
What makes a space a refuge for quiet reflection? This illuminating volume features an array of diverse havens that compel calmness. In addition to unique temples and Zen gardens, structures include a spare wall-to-wall wood Washitsu room, an ice chapel, a glass paneled tent, a room of undulating red paper banners even a perchlike "tree house. " no single element unifies the bastions of tanquility featured; instead, individual and imaginative uses of color, form, light, material, and space are key. Whether expansive or confined, portable of permanent, public or private, one thing is certain: places solely designed to reinvigorate the mind and spirit are not an indulgence in our fastpaced, stressful world- they are a necessity.
