Takeru Shoji redesigns a Japanese house to create a large tent-like structure with a series of truss frames…
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Architecture Residential designArchitect Yasuyuki Kitamura designs a modern yet traditional earthquake-resistant house in Osaka
Architect Yasuyuki Kitamura designs a modern yet traditional earthquake-resistant house in Osaka…
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Interiors Lifestyle Residential design Retail designNendo optimises unused Tokyo retail store space by converting it into twin-purpose shared accommodation for urban dwellers
Japan’s Marui Group, which owns numerous commercial facilities in and around the Tokyo metropolitan area, many of them located in highly convenient locations such as station-fronts, recently collaborated with the renowned multidisciplinary studio, Nendo,…
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Architecture Residential designTokyo house and coffeeshop by Ryu Mitarai & Associates Architects features single curved staircase that winds upwards through four storeys
This four-storey housing project called Stir by Ryu Mitarai & Associates is located in a narrow Tokyo alley with an overhead railway track where trains run past every minute. In addition, the site is…
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Architecture Residential designHisashi Ikeda designs compact Japanese house as a sum of small parts that references traditional Machiya style
Designed by Hisashi Ikeda, founder of his eponymous practice, House Y is located in a dense residential area near the highway in Ishibashi area in Osaka. One of the main challenges is the site…
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Architecture Interiors Residential designHearth Architects designs wooden house with two separate delta roofs in Japan’s Koga-shi town
Designed by Hearth Architects, led by architect Yoshitaka Kuga, this 105m² private residence in Japan’s Shiga prefecture to the east of Kyoto, is located at the end of a T-junction and surrounded by roads…
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Architecture Residential designNendo designs Tokyo house with curved staircase that connects interior with exterior
Multidisciplinary design studio Nendo has designed a two-family home in a quiet residential area of Tokyo. With other houses and apartment buildings pressing around the site, the architectural volume was pushed to the north…