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Shisui, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nara / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers + Kengo Kuma & Associates

Hana Abdel — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

Nara is known worldwide as the place where Japanese culture originated. Located at the western edge of Nara Park, one of Japan’s most scenic locations, this site is regarded as the gateway to the park surrounded by a number of World Heritage sites, including Todaiji Temple, Kasuga Shrine and Kofukuji Temple.

House on Nishinokyo-Hills / Waro Kishi + K.ASSOCIATES/Architects

Thuto Vilakazi — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 20:00:00 +0000

This is a house for a small family of husband+wife+child, located on the outskirts of Nara. A parking space facing the road in front, extends the full width of the front opening, as to accommodate all the cars for daily use and the motorbikes for the owner’s hobby. This is why the façade is set back to give space to the parking area. The building itself projects a closed image, except for the hobby area on the first floor, which is a wide open space with glass openings facing the collection of motorbikes.

House in Gakuenmae / KKAA YTAA

Hana Abdel — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The client is a newlywed couple who both work. We aimed for a compact life, a lifestyle that allows you to feel close to nature even on busy days. The site is located in a valley, and groundwater flows directly under the site from a large reservoir upstream.

House in Ayameike / Ippei Komatsu Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 01:00:00 +0000

We decided to dig the site step by step and create two new low retaining walls on the site. We built the house on a new retaining wall. An L-shaped wall is erected on the new retaining wall, and the floor is placed on it. Furthermore, I set up an L-shaped wall at a position to balance it and put the floor on it repeatedly.

Hitotomori Head Office / Hitotomori Architects

chlsey — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Hitotomori Head Office in Nara is our workplace - Hitototmori aims to provide not only architectural design but also “design for living” which includes ideas for a healthy life through the enrichment of interpersonal relationships and eating habits. We have restored a 140-year-old traditional Edo Period home in the city of Nara where people, ancient forests, and urban areas all coexist in one historically rich environment. The redesigned Hitotomori space functions as a design office, guesthouse, and cafe and is our primary working location.

Casaneiro House / UID Architects

Hana Abdel — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 07:00:00 +0000

To construct architecture is to create an environment.

Store+House in Gakuenmae / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:00:00 +0000

This combined shop and residence is located on a sloped, irregularly shaped lot facing a busy road. The client requested that circulation routes for the shop and residence be separate and that the design deemphasize the residence in order to create the appearance of a commercial building.

Setre Naramachi Hotel / Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & associates

Paula Pintos — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 23:00:00 +0000

It is a project of rebuilding the Inn, near Nara Sarusawa pond. On the south side, a 4-storey building is arranged to surround the courtyard. Public spaces such as lobby, restaurant and other dining areas are planned on the first floor, while second to the fourth floor are planned only for guest rooms. The relationship between the garden and the rooms are expressed in a multi-layered space.

House of 33 Years / ASSISTANT

Fernanda Castro — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 20:00:00 +0000

The House of 33 Years is a residence located next to the world heritage Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan. The house was designed for an elderly couple who decided to move to a new house thirty three years after living in their first house. The House of 33 Years is a house for a collector who collects memories, whose memory and future exist simultaneously in the same space. By framing views across different areas, images are continuously produced by the inhabitants' movement. Every image is given its own space of possibility, then overlaps as multiple additions to the home to update the family’s memories.

NFB Nursery / Youji no Shiro + HIBINOSEKKEI

Cristobal Rojas — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 18:00:00 +0000

Nara province where the site located has 8 world heritage architectures. So this city has a lot of history. On the other side, the site is located at the center of the industrial residence in Yamatokoriyama city. Surrounding is a special sight with simple and no color factories. This project is to reform an old kindergarten at that site.

House on Stylobate / y+M

Cristian Aguilar — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:00:00 +0000

The house is located at the base of Ikoma Mountain near the prefecture’s border between Osaka and Nara. We planed the house for young couple. The area is gradually changed from terraced rice fields to residential zone in accordance with time passing.

House AA / Moca Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Concept

House Nara-zaka / Yoshiaki Yamashita Architect & Associates

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The site is located near the Todaiji Temple in Nara. The location is on the hill with great view. It issituatedon the slopes.（Site area：161sqm) This is the home for couples without children.

North Garden House / y+M

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Noto River runs nearby the house. At there people can enjoy watching gleam of fireflies in summer, and beautiful color leaves in autumn, besides we sometimes see deer visits to the riverside. We suggested the house where our client can enjoy the abundant gift from nature by designing an open garden nearby the riverside.

Nakagawa Office Extension / Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

Javier Gaete — Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This project is for an addition to the former premises of a company that we had built a new building for 2 years ago.

House in Kyobate / Naoko Horibe

Fabian Cifuentes — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This home for a family with young children centers around a Japanese-style mezzanine with tatami flooring.

Wood Block House / Tadashi Yoshimura Architects

Megan Jett — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The house is designed for an elderly married couple, and their grand children that occasionally stay with them.