Somers, influenced by Japanese architecture and American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, built many of the structures with unique furniture designed by Ed Stiles.
His particular interests include public space, transportation and art; street furniture, landscaping, parks, civic buildings, sustainability, housing, historic preservation, China, modern architecture and Japanese architecture.
The construction of the Sho Hondo was completed in 1972, largely through the efforts and financial donations of Soka Gakkai members, and was regarded as a notable work of Japanese architecture.
Japanese language | Japanese people | architecture | Georgian architecture | Gothic architecture | Second Sino-Japanese War | Imperial Japanese Navy | Gothic Revival architecture | Romanesque architecture | Norman architecture | Imperial Japanese Army | Victorian architecture | Colonial architecture | Neoclassical architecture | Baroque architecture | Romanesque Revival architecture | Architecture | Japanese yen | Japanese television drama | Brutalist architecture | Beaux-Arts architecture | Italianate architecture | Federal architecture | Renaissance architecture | Russo-Japanese War | Tudor Revival architecture | Modern architecture | Korea under Japanese rule | Japanese tea ceremony | ARM architecture |
She started learning Japanese in 1985 at the Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilization at the University of Paris, after studying interior design and becoming interested in Japanese architecture.