"I will never forget this moment, since it is so typical of his sense of irony that when I inquired as to the fidelity of the translation he replied, dryly, "When it comes to translating English into Japanese, better we say transformation." (Frampton)"Kahn had larger-than-average head, hands, and feet. He looked like a bird of prey as he held shrimp with his thick fingers while tilting his head up." (Nakamura) "Though it is easy today to lose sight of the truth and the true nature of things in this world that is facing the extremely fluid and sometimes very complex phenomena of urbanization and informatization, this magazine [a+u] attempts to provide truly meaningful and valuable information through understanding architecture, urbanism, and surrounding issues universally and objectively, taking the position of modern appearance according to its editorial philosophy." (Nakamura)"With a ash of the conductor's baton, Mozart's Divertimento. I stood up inadvertently to observe his conducting. At this moment, music and architecture merged." (Nakamura).