SOME ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FORMER KAMAYA BUILDING IN TAIRA, IWAKI-CITY, FUKUSHIMA-PREFEOTURE(History and Theory of Architecture)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report the survey of the former Kamaya Building in Taira, Iwaki-City, Fukushima-Prefecture. This building is consisted of three main parts, Mise-gura, Sode-gura, the stone fagade construction between them. Mise-gura is traditional Dozo-zukuri construction. Sode-gura is built of fire refractory brick. And the stone facade construction is designed by western style. Basically this building is built by traditional way, but a lot of new techniques are used within. In this paper, I discuss the architectural characteristics of this building.