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Category: Architecture, House Tags: EASTERN design office, Japanese architecture, Landscape architecture, Waterfront architecture
A House Awaiting Death by Japanese studio EASTERN design office is an interesting project name for an owner who will die in 15 years, the house is elevated from the ground and capturing the sea view framed by the waving opening which was inspired by the blue butterfly. What we wanted to capture in this [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: FujiwaraMuro, Japanese architecture, Stair, White
Japanese architectural firm FujiwaraMuro Architects recently has completed a small yet contemporary house in Showa-cho, Japan. Showa-cho is a quiet place even though it is downtown. There are many people residency from a long time ago. The design of the residence has a narrow frontage, which is a part of a row house (17.89m ×3.94m). [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Coo Planning, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, Timber, White
Japanese architect Akiyoshi Nakao of Coo Planning designed a house in Hamadera. It is a house where three families who built in Osaka Prefecture Sakai City live. It is located in a still residential area where an old station and the tram named hamadera suwanomori remain. The master bought land for this town where memories [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: EASTERN design office, Japan, Japanese architecture, Landscape architecture, White
Mountains & Opening House designed by Japanese studio EASTERN design office for a Japanese sneaker brand as well as a residential house. The house is located in Takarazuka-city of Hyogo Prfecture, Japan, having an entire view of the Osaka Plain. Due to its site condition, the house has been designed and developed based on the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Selected Tags: EASTERN design office, Fluid form, Japan, Japanese architecture
Japanese studio EASTERN design office has designed the sculptural facade – Strips in Shiga Japan. The form of this construction is the dancing light and the shadow. They dance slowly over one day. They dance slowly like a Noh performance. This has a sculpturesque solidity in its expression. EASTERN design office + Project description courtesy [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: CAPD, Japan, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, Stair, White
Japanese architectural studio CAPD has designed the Othello house in Japan. + Project description courtesy of CAPD | Translation: Yoko Fuchikawa The construction site is approximately 100 square meters and is located in the corner of a dense, but quiet residential area in Hiroshima city. We planned it so that the space will suggest a [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: CAPD, Japan, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, White
3 Dan Box by Japanese architectural studio CAPD, is the 3 stacked boxes designed to accommodate a hair saloon and a residence for the hairstylist in Japan. The formal strategy is effectively interacting with the natural sun-lighting, as a result to create a better and comfortable inner environment. The outer structure of each story is [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Selected Tags: Concrete, Japan, Japanese architecture, Miyahara Architect Office, Perforated, Stair
House Uc by Japan-based Miyahara Architect Office is a private house located in residential area of Tokyo standing on a small and narrow site of irregular shape. House Uc was designed to imply the essence of the house within the urban context by bringing out the characteristics of the finishing material. Miyahara Architect Office + [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Japanese architecture, Miyahara Architect Office, Stair, Timber
Japan-based Miyahara Architect Office has designed the House TTN located in Tokyo , Japan. The house was designed to accommodate three families with independent kitchen unit, bathroom, and toilet. The main spaces are separated by outdoor common decks which also act as buffer zone between families. + Project description courtesy of Miyahara Architect Office, text [...]
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Category: Architecture, House, Interior, Selected Tags: Courtyard architecture, Glass, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, Miyahara Architect Office, Modernism
Japan practice architect, Teruo Miyahara / Miyahara Architect Office recently has completed a private house – House Sz, located in Ibaraki , Japan. Use of internal courtyards to act as buffer zones between the spaces, and also to maximize penetration of the natural daylighting into the interior spaces. + Text below provided by architect, Teruo [...]
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Category: Architecture, Civic, Selected Tags: Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd, Competition, Contemporary architecture, Embassy, Japanese architecture, Lattice screen, Minimalism
This is the part 2 for the Embassy Of Finland In Tokyo by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd. The success of this project is architect attempts to harmonize between Finnish and Japanese culture and architectural form in this project. + Project description provided by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd Architecture “Aiki” is based on the [...]
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Category: Architecture, Civic, Selected Tags: Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd, Competition, Contemporary architecture, Embassy, Features, Japanese architecture, Lattice screen, Minimalism
The Embassy Of Finland In Tokyo, by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd. This is a first prize in the architectural competition arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. I like the project in terms of the clean building form with a blurred shadow effect during the night when the interior lit up. It seems to [...]
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