Taku Sakaushi

共訳者、共著者、共編者、編集者、の皆様が体調崩したり、迷い込んだり、他の仕事が忙しかったりでいつも私は独走してしまう。これは自慢ではなくて本当に困ったことで、忘れた頃に質問や校正が来たりする。そうすると本当に忘れているからもう一回エンジン温めるのに時間がかかる。もっとこっちもゆっくりやればいいのだが、実はそれも効率が悪くて、一度エンジンかけると１キロずつ100日走るより３日で１００キロ走る方が燃費がいい。だから毎回同じことが起こる。やれやれ、、My co-translators, co-authors, co-editors, and editors are all sick, wandering off, or busy with other work, so I’m always on my own. This is not something I’m proud of, but it’s something that really bothers me, and I often get questions and proofreads by the time I forget something. If you do that, you’ll really forget, so it will take some time to warm up the engine again. It would be nice to do this more slowly, but that’s actually inefficient, and once you start the engine, it’s more fuel-efficient to run 100 km in 3 days than to drive 1 km at a time for 100 days. So the same thing happens every time. Good grief,

また拙著の話しで恐縮です。事務所行ったら金沢21世紀美術館キュレーターの本橋仁さんが『教養としての建築入門』に長い書評を書いてくれた『住宅建築』4月号が届いていた。本書の狙いが的確に書かれていて嬉しかったです。本橋さんありがとうございます。I also apologize for talking about my book. When I went to the office, I found that the April issue of “Residential Architecture”, in which Hitoshi Motohashi had written a long review of “Introduction to Architecture as a Liberal Arts”, had arrived. I was happy that the purpose of this book was clearly written. Thank you, Motohashi-san.

拙著『教養としての建築入門』初版で12000刷り、8か月で重版3000となりました。ありがたいお知らせです。私の中では、プレゼンの本が6-7刷りしてますが、部数では抜いたかもしれません。今年は編著、共著、共訳、など4冊刊行予定です。今後ともご愛顧いただければ嬉しいです。The first edition of my book “Introduction to Architecture as a Liberal Arts” had 12,000 prints, and 3,000 reprints were made in eight months. This is good news. I have 6-7 prints of my presentation book, but I may have surpassed it in terms of number of copies. This year, I am planning to publish four books, including edited, co-authored, and co-translated. We look forward to your continued patronage.

珍しく毎日雨だったけどやっと晴れた。気持ちいい！

ふと思う、篠原一男は自分の墓石を生前デザインしていた。そんな建築家は他にもいらっしゃるのだろうか。It occurred to me that Kazuo Shinohara designed his own tombstone during his lifetime. Are there other architects like this?

Fujimi Hutに教え子遠方より来たる。また楽しからずや。
I have students who come to me from far away;for which should I not be called as a happiest man?

あいにくの大雨だが、友遠方より来る予定。散歩帰りにカントリーキッチンでデニッシュを買って帰る。Unfortunately it’s raining heavily, but my friends are expected to come from far away. On the way back from my walk, I bought a danish at Country Kitchen and headed home.

教え子から作品が新建築に掲載していただくことになりましたとメール。それは良かったと思いつつ、海外にも発信して欲しい。I received an email from one of my students saying that his work will be featured in Shinkenchiku. I think it was a good idea, and I would like to see it spread overseas as well.をはわ