Author’s Room Hotel by B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio
Project Background
This project is a hall set quietly within the forest of Karuizawa, a renowned summer retreat. The facility is the result of a project that has been cultivated collaboratively with the client and contractor over a period of approximately ten years.
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