© Takumi Ota
Architects: Yoritaka Hayashi Architects
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Collaborators: Akira Suzuki / ASA (Structural Engineer) , Takasou Takahashi / SESSE-Design (Façade Consultant)
Site Area: 40.01 sqm
Building Area: 32.17 sqm
Total Floor Area: 99.80 sqm
Project Year: December of 2010
Structure: Steel frame
Photographs: Takumi Ota
Architect: Satoru Hirota Architects – Satoru Hirota
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Client: Private
Program: Single family house
Structural Design: nieda+hisaeda architects / Taizen Nieda+Taizo Komatsu
Contractor: Eiger Co. Ltd, / Noriaki Fujii+Masakazu Sasaki+Koji Misaki
Site Area: 294.90 sqm
Built-up Area: 108.21 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Satoru Hirota Architects
Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Program: Residence
Structural System: Reinforced concrete, steel frame
Site Area: 177.72 sqm
Building Area: 88.75 sqm
Total floor Space: 154.60 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Courtesy of MuFF
Architect: MuFF – Kosuke Kajikawa
Location: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Client: Yellow Peach
Project Area: 30.400 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of MuFF
© Daici Ano
Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location: 1508-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Title of the Project: Tamagawa Takashimaya S･C Marronier Court
Client: Toshin Development. Co., Ltd
Site Area: 2,424.40 sqm
Completion: 2009
Photographs: Daici Ano
© Forward stroke Inc
Architects: Yo Yamagata Architects
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project Area: 61.46 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Forward stroke Inc
© Yusuke Wakabayashi
Architects: Upsetters Architects
Location: Eifukucho,Tokyo, Japan
Project Area: 124.81 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Yusuke Wakabayashi
© Daici Ano
Architect: Keiji Ashizawa Design
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Project architect: Keiji Ashizawa, Rie Honjo
Structural engineer: Akira Suzuki
Photograph: Daici Ano
Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Architects: Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Location: Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Date of Completion: 2007
Parcel areas: 770.22sqm
Constructed area: 424.25sqm
Materials: RC+S
Exterior Wall Finish: Japanese Cypress Lining Board
Photographs: Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
© Hiro Sakaguchi
Architects: aat + makoto yokomizo architects, inc
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Site area: 105.94 sqm (32.00 tsubo)
Building area: 63.42 sqm (19.16 tsubo)
Total floor area: 329.55 sqm (99.56 tsubo)
Structure: RC structure
Construction: Eikou Kensetsu
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Hiro Sakaguchi
© Takumi Ota Photography
Architects: Takehiko Nez Architects
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Structure: ASA
Contractor: Shinei
Completion: 2011
Site area: 30.37 sqm
Total floor area: 44.26 sqm
Photographs: Takumi Ota Photography
Courtesy of Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
Architects: Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
Location: Setagaya, Tokyo
Construction: Architecture\ Tokyo Gumi
Gross Floor Area: 148.24 sqm
Completion: October 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Akira Koyama + KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS
© Masao Nishikawa
Architecture: Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLOArchitects & Associates
Location: Nihondutumi Taito, Tokyo, Japan
Completion: 2009
Structure: RC
Site Area: 87.49 sqm
Total Floor Area: 260.91 sqm (83.49 sqm/1F, 36.05 sqm/2F, 86.05 sqm/3F, 5.32 sqm/PH)
Structure Engineers: Kenta Masaki
Facility Engineers: Kazuyoshi Takei
Construction: Maekawa Constructions
Photography: Masao Nishikawa
© Makoto Yokomizo
Architect: aat +makoto yokomizo, architects Inc
Location: Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Construction: Daisaku Construction
Building area: 18.76 sqm
Total floor area: 18.76 sqm
Scale: 1 story
Structure: Wood
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Makoto Yokomizo
© Masao Nishikawa
Architecture: Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLO Architects & Associates
Location: Nishidai Itabashi ward, Tokyo, Japan
Completion: 2011
Structure: Timber structure
Site Area: 54.86sqm
Total Floor Area: 111.78sqm /1F(42.02sqm),2F(47.41sqm),3F(22.35sqm)
Construction: Honma Construction
Photography: Masao Nishikawa
© Masao Nishikawa
Architects: Satoshi Kurosaki/APOLLO Architects & Associates
Location: Shirogane Minato ward Tokyo, Japan
Date of Completion: 2011
Site Area: 73.37 sqm
Total Floor Area: 215.93sqm/1F(38.30sqm), 2F(70.48sqm), 3F(65.15sqm), 4F(34.42sqm), PH(7.58sqm)
Structure Engineers: Masaki Structure Laboratory, Kenta Masaki
Facility Engineers: Shimada Architects, Zenei Shimada
Construction: Maekawa Construction
Photographs: Masao Nishikawa
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From the Kengo Kuma Lab in the University of Tokyo, we received this video showing an architecture related exhibition on intermediate space and experimental architecture inspired by Japanese traditional patterns that we recently exhibited in Tokyo, curated by Kengo Kuma, Matteo Belfiore, and Salvator-John A. Liotta, which is part of two exhibitions and a series of symposia organized by The Italian Cultural Center of Tokyo in concomitance with the UIA International Congress of Architecture.
Some more images after the break. read more »
© Iwan Baan
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Principal in charge: Sou Fujimoto
Project Team: Hiroshi Kato
Site area: 72.28 sqm
Building area: 50.52 sqm
Total floor area: 124.87 sqm
Completion: 2008
Photographs: Iwan Baan
Haruka Kojin, Contact Lens; Photo © DAICI ANO
The computerization and urbanization of the 21st century is creating new lifestyles and forms of public space. Architectural Environments for Tomorrow presents the spatial experiments of 23 architects and artists from around the world responding to the transformation of their surroundings. “The metaphors of the world-views suggested by the artists resonate with the practical proposals of the architects, presenting images of future humanity from a variety of different angles.” Architects featured include Toyo Ito, Frank O. Gehry, Sou Fujimoto and many more.
Continue reading for a complete list of the participants and more information on the exhibit.
Courtesy of Columbia University
The work of C-Lab, Columbia University’s experimental urban and architecture think tank, is on display in Tokyo. Conceived as a temporary occupation, the exhibition presents C-Lab’s work alongside magazines from Yoshioka Library’s archive of international architecture journals from the 1960s to today. Images of C-Lab analyses, planning projects, installations, and publications are positioned on the gallery’s shelves next to vintage issues of A+U, Japan Architect, Shinkenchiku, Space, Architectural Review, Domus, Abitare, and Casabella. More information on the exhibition after the break. read more »
Caramel: Forget Architecture / Caramel Architekten
We recently received a book from Caramel Architekten. We previously featured four of their projects if you would like a taste of their work (click here). The book is presented in both German and English and offers a wonderful insight…
We recently received one of the limited editions (n=500) of eVolo Skycrapers. At 1224 pages (9″ x 11.5″ x 2.5″), it is less of a coffee table book than it is an actual table. The book grew out of…
We recently had the pleasure of having Steven Ehrlich visit our office and give a talk about his work. He is as personable as his work is fascinating. He left us with a recently published book of his work…
