132 5. Issey Miyake / Tokujin Yoshioka
We just received the first store for “132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE” designed by Tokujin Yoshioka has been launched.
“132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE” is a new label and a new evolution of “A piece of Cloth” by Issey Miyake, based on the ideas of “Regeneration and Re-creation.”
Further information and pictures after the break.
Osaka World Expo 1970
Traveling back in time to the streets of Osaka, Japan in 1970, people today can only imagine the visions many architects around the globe had for future designs and innovative building technologies that would later ignite today’s generation of architects. The theme of the Expo was “Progress and Harmony for Mankind,” and the aim was to showcase the possibilities of modern technology to create a foundation for a high quality of life and peace throughout the world. Images from the event after the break.
Satellites / Studio LOOP
Architects: Studio LOOP
Location: Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan
Structural Engineering: Daisuke Hasegawa Structural Engineers
Site Area: 66 sqm
Project Area: 144 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Studio LOOP
Residence in Kurakuen / NRM-Architects Office
The program called for a main residence and a working space. The house and office are two separate independent entities however have a seamless relationship. There are two entrances to the building, including a three car garage and carriage porch to receive visitors. According to the architects the design of these elements stemmed from what the site demanded.
Architects: NRM-Architects Office
Location: Hyougo, Japan
Design: Shunichiro Ninomiya and Tomoko Morodome
Project Area: 340 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Eiji Tomita
Video: 30 square meter house in Japan
Do you think you could live in a house no bigger than a parking space? And not just by yourself, do you think you could live there with your mother? Apparently, Fuyuhito Moriya can. Check the video from CNN and tell us what you think.
Y-house / IDEA Office
IDEA Office coordinated with the clients of Y-house to develop a design that successfully incorporates solar access to all parts of the house, connecting to the surrounding environment through outdoor spaces that enhanced the feeling of openness all while maintaining privacy. Follow the break for photographs and drawings of Y-house.
Architects: IDEA Office
Location: Saitama, Japan
Project Credits: Eric Kahn and Russell Thomsen, Partners, with Ron Golan
Project Team: Adrian Ariosa, Keith Gendel, Rinaldo Perez
Associate Architect: Masao Yahagi & Associates
Project Area: 1050 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photography: Kouichi Torimura
Stair House / y+Mdo
The owners of the Stair House are are a young couple, both teachers, with two young children. When they hired architects y+Mdo to design their dream home, they had three key themes in mind; A house that could protect their privacy, provided warm and bright space, and could also encourage the gathering of people as they love their students visiting them.
For more photographs and details of the Stair House follow the break.
Architects: y+Mdo
Location: Oda-City, Shimane-Pref, Japan
Project Area: 142.66 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of y+Mdo
Sumikiri House / y+Mdo
The Sumikiri House is located within a residential neighborhood where there are existing older tenement houses in Amagasaki-City, Hyogo-Pref, Japan. The existing fabric of the neighborhood consists of narrow roadways, about 4 meters, and dense housing with limited poor views. The house is located on a corner lot, and with the idea to maximize the lot the architects created a design that incorporated a lot of natural light and joyfulness for the family.
Architect : y+Mdo
Location: Amagasaki-City, Hyogo-Pref, Japan
Project Architect: Masahiro Miyake
Project Manager: Hidemasa Yoshimoto
Project Area: 113.20 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of y+Mdo
Tree-ness House / Akihisa Hirata
Bridging the gap between nature and architecture, the Tokyo-based architecture office of Akihisa Hirata have designed an organic residential complex in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan to break the typical layered architectural form seen very often in residential architecture. The result is very ambiguous interior and exterior spaces creating a more dynamic experience for its users. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Alp / Akihisa Hirata
Architects: Akihisa Hirata
Location: Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Site area: 294,02 sqm
Built area: 161,92 sqm
Total floor area: 499 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2010
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano
Switch / Yuko Shibata Office
Architects: Yuko Shibata Office
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Photographs: Ryohei Hamda
One Roof Apartment / Akihisa Hirata
Architects: Akihisa Hirata
Location: Niigata, Japan
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano
Shinjuku Gardens / Cheungvogl
Cheungvogl shared with us one of their latest projects, Shinjuku Gardens, in Tokyo, Japan. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
With / Studio LOOP
Architects: Studio LOOP
Location: Itakura town, Gunma, Japan
Site Area: 413.13 sqm
Project Area: 173.07 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Studio LOOP
House of Reticence / FORM | Kouichi Kimura
Architects: FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects
Location: Shiga, Japan
Site Area: 164.29 sqm
Constructed Area: 135.59 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Takumi Ota
House in Sunami / Kazunori Fujimoto Architect
Architect: Kazunori Fujimoto Architect
Location: Mihara, Hiroshima, Japan
Site area: 308 sqm
Building area: 117.17 sqm
Total floor area: 115.58 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Kazunori Fujimoto
House in Hamadera / Coo Planning
Architects: Coo Planning / Akiyoshi Nakao
Location: Osaka, Sakai, Japan
Site Area: 123.62 sqm
Project Area: 98 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Coo Planning
A House Awaiting Death / EASTERN Design Office
EASTERN Design Office shared with us their latest project, designed for a very particular client, awaiting for his death.
You can read the complete story behind this project, with photographs by Koichi Torimrua
Sfera Building / Claesson Koivisto Rune
Architects: Claesson Koivisto Rune
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Project team: Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto, Ola Rune, Kumi Nakagaki, Patrick Coan
Client: Shigeo Mashiro, Ricordi & Sfera co., ltd.
Contractor: Sugawara Construction co., ltd.
Total floor area: 1,200 sqm
Project Year: 2003
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman, Nacasa & Partners inc., Johan Fowelin
Tama Plaza Station / LaguardaLow Architects
Architects: LaguardaLow Architects
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Client: Tokyu Corporation
Contractor: Tokyu Construction
Consultants: Tokyu Architecture Department
Project Area: 40,000 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of LaguardaLow Architects
Intefeel / Tsubasa Iwahashi Architecture
Architects: Tsubasa Iwahashi Architecture
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project Area: 4,281.12 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Takumi Ota
