House of Slope / Fujiwarramuro Architects

© Toshiyuki Yano

Architect:  Fujiwarramuro Architects
Location:  Sakai, , Japan
Project Team:  Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro
Principle use:  Single family house
Site area:  103.91 sqm
Building area: 52.17 sqm
Total floor area: 107.49 m2
Structure: Timber
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano

   

On the Corner / Eastern Design Office

© Koichi Torimura

Architects: Eastern Design Office
Location: ,
Client: TOYO-KAIHATSU Co., ltd
Constructor: Okudakomuten Co., Ltd
Structure Planning: HOJO STRUCTURE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 261 sqm
Photographs: Koichi Torimura

Video: House NA / Sou Fujimoto Architects

Shinkenchiku brings you an exclusive inside tour of the contemporary House NA, designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Thin, steel poles delicately support the transparent “pile of boxes” at varying heights. In an interview conducted by F.W. Monocle, explains, “In one way the house is like a single space, but each room is also a tiny space of its own. The clients said they wanted to live like nomads within the house – they didn’t have specific plans for each room. The house looks radical but for the clients it seemed quite natural.”

nr1977 / mihadesign

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Architect: mihadesign
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo,
Project Year: 71.5 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Sadao Hotta

House with Futokoro / Mizuishi Architects Atelier

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Architects: Mizuishi Architects Atelier / Kota Mizuishi
Location: ,
Structural Engineer: Kentaro Nagasaka
Lighting Designer: Yasuo Tsunoda
Contractor: Kraft Home
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 108.11 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Mizuishi Architects Atelier

House in Horinouchi / Mizuishi Architects Atelier

© Hiroshi Tanigawa

Architects: Mizuishi Architects Atelier
Location: , Japan
Structural Engineer: Kentaro Nagasaka
Lighting Designer: Tatsuoki Nakajima
Contractor: Hirano-kensetu
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 55.24 sqm
Photographs: Hiroshi Tanigawa

Hair Very Salon / MAKER

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Architects: MAKER
Location: ,
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Shigeki Orita

Kiti / mihadesign

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Architect: mihadesign
Location: , , Japan
Structural Engineer: Ejiri Structure Design Office
Project Area: site area:150.44 sqm building area: 60.17 sqm, floor area ratio: 133.12 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Shinkenchiku-sha

Ordinary House / FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects

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Architects: FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
Location: ,
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 102.67 sqm
Photographs: MOVE

House of Ujina / MAKER

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Architects: Maker
Location: Hiroshima,
Collaborator: Yoshio Oono
Structural Engineer: Ryuji Fujiki
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 75 sqm
Photographs: Noriyuki Yano

Skycourt House / Keiji Ashizawa Design

© Takumi Ota

Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design / Keiji Ashizawa, Rie Honjo
Location: ,
Structure Engineer: ASA asociates: Akira Suzuki
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Takumi Ota

House in Kaga / AE5 partners

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Architects: AE5 partners / Hidenari Arai, Stefano Tozzi
Location: , Ishikawa,
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 84.64 sqm
Photographs: Nacasa & Partners

Sky Garden House / Keiji Ashizawa Design

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Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design / Keiji Ashizawa, Mriko Irie
Location: Tokyo,
Structural Engineer: ÅFASA Akira Suzuki
Landscape Design: GLAC Corporation
Furniture Design: DRILL DESIGN / Keiji Ashizawa
Building Construction: Heisei Construction Co., Ltd.
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Daici Ano

Yotsuya Tenera / Key Operation

© Toshihiro Sobajima

Architect: Key Operation Inc. / Architects
Location: Shinjuku-ku, ,
Contractor: Fujiki Komuten
Photographs: Toshihiro Sobajima

Gate / mihadesign

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Architect: mihadesign
Location: Sinjuku, , Japan
Project Area: Site Area:84.75 sqm, Building Area: 50.66 m2, Floor Area Ratio: 88.39 m2
Structure Engineer: ejiri structure design office
Project Year: 2011
Photographer: Sadao Hotta

Stay Residence / Studio Loop

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Architects: Studio Loop
Location: , Japan
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 91.05 sqm
Structural design: Iwashita Structural Engineers
Photographs: Kai Nakamura,

House in Kitakami / nadamoto yukiko architects

© Seiya Miyamoto

Architects: nadamoto yukiko architects
Location: kitakami, , japan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 141 sqm
Photographs: Seiya Miyamoto

Riverside House / Keiji Ashizawa Design

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Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design / Keiji Ashizawa, Lie Honjo, Silvia TasaniÅ
Location: Chiba,
Structural Engineer: ÅFASA Akira Suzuki
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Daici Ano

The Arch Nova Project / Isozaki + Kapoor

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Arata Isozaki and Anish Kapoor have joined forces to create a mobile concert hall that will travel across the devastated region of Higashi Nihon, brining a promise of hope to those still suffering from the earthquake of March 2011.  Using music as the means to bring an uplifting message, Ark Nova will provide seating for approximately 700 spectators to watch interdisciplinary artistic projects, musical ensembles and multimedia exhibitions.  The hall will serve not only as a platform for performances but also as a place to meet and find creative inspiration; thus, make a lasting contribution toward returning normalcy to the region.

More about the project, including a video clip, after the break.

Shanon Office / Tomoyuki Sakakida Architect and Associates

© Shinichi Sato

Architects: Tomoyuki Sakakida Architect and Associates co
Location: , Japan
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 84 sqm
Photographs: Shinichi Sato

Mishima House / Keiji Ashizawa Design

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Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design
Location: Tokyo,
Project Architects: Keiji Ashizawa, Chino YamaguchiÅ
Structural Engineer: ÅFASA Akira Suzuki
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Daici Ano