Quote of the Day: Architecture Is Like Sushi
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 07.15.08
Bamboo House by Kengo Kuma
Architect Kengo Kuma lecturing at the Royal Academy of Arts, being critical of Frank Gehry, mass production and industrialization of architecture:
'Sushi is a good metaphor for my architecture. The importance in sushi is to choose the best material from the place, in season.
'If the journey of the ingredients is too long, the taste of the sushi is compromised. That is a problem that can't be solved by modern technology, and that programme of using local material in season is the secret of good taste, and the secret of my style.' ::Architects' Journal
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Of course, most sushi ingredients get flown all over the world on jets, rendering the quote pretty vapid when reality sinks in.
Sorry Rhett, I have to respectfully disagree.
Perhaps you neglected to read the most critical line? ''If the journey of the ingredients is too long, the taste of the sushi is compromised"
Every real sushi eater knows the best sushi has fresh local ingredients, eeeew at the thought of sashimi more than 100km inland...
Lovely Quote, I'm sure I'll be referring back to this one =)