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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Art Gallery, Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe
Naoko Horibe recently has completed Galerie Ashiya Schule. Galerie Ashiya Schule manages and promotes contemporary artists. Because the lot is located on a corner facing a relatively lively street, the client requested an elegant exterior design that would symbolically represent the gallery. The oversized wooden doors fulfill this symbolic role, drawing visitors into a world [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Japan, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, Naoko Horibe, Stair, Timber, White
Japanese architect Naoko Horibe recently has completed the House in Kyobate, Japan. This home for a family with young children centers around a Japanese-style mezzanine with tatami flooring. Extending out into the first floor living/dining/kitchen area, and with a view of both that room and the second floor children’s rooms, the mezzanine serves to link [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe
Big picture windows facing a vista of 50-year-old cherry blossom trees define this residence. A neighbor’s tall retaining wall borders the southern edge of the property, which meant that even if architect oriented ground floor rooms towards the south they would get little natural light. On the other hand, a broad road with excellent views [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Minimalism, Naoko Horibe
This property is located in a crowded residential district, with a parking lot on the west that is likely to be developed and a newspaper distribution center to the north that operates from early in the morning. Given those circumstances, Naoko Horibe decided to design the house around a central courtyard and surround the property with [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe, White
This lot is bordered by a road on the west and boxed in by houses on the south, north, and east. Houses will also be built across the road to the west, so architect’s main challenge was securing adequate privacy and natural light. As a result, architect decided to design the building around a central [...]
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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Naoko Horibe
Japanese architect Naoko Horibe has designed this adzuki house located in Himeji-Shi, HYOGO, Japan. This compact three-story residence is located on an 82m² lot bordered by roads on three sides. All the rooms look out on a courtyard planted with trees, bringing a sense of the changing seasons to the interior of the house. Even [...]
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