West Meets East : A Foreword on Title and Theme -- Architecture - an Allegory A Subjective Observation -- Introduction to the Main Part -- West Meets East - the Way to Introspection -- In Dialogue with China. The Courtyard House - A compact Form of Living. "Interior is Exterior is Interior" - Transparency and Permeation. Tectonics in Architecture - from the Rule, towards Order. The Significance of Pavilion Architecture: The Architecture of Silence - the Visible Arises out of the Invisible -- In dialogue with Japan -- Books on the Subject / Werner Blaser