Japan

Carré / Soeda and associates Architects

February 04, 2014

+ 16

Architects: Soeda and associates Architects
Area: 1715 m²
Year: 2013

House with a Large Hipped Roof / Naoi Architecture & Design Office

February 03, 2014

+ 12

Architects: Naoi Architecture & Design Office
Area: 617 m²
Year: 2013
Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen, Grohe, Miele, Cera Trading, Chaffwall, +6ENDO Lighting Corporation, Lixil Corporation, Panasonic, Seagull IV, Shigeru, VALVO-6
Professionals: Naoi Architecture & Design Office

Katsutadai House / Yuko Nagayama & Associates

February 02, 2014

+ 10

Architects: Yuko Nagayama & Associates
Area: 80 m²
Year: 2013

House with two focal points / Daigo Ishii + Future-scape Architects

February 01, 2014

+ 22

Architects: Daigo Ishii, Future-scape Architects
Area: 201 m²
Year: 2008
Professionals: Mai Mechanical Design, Oga Structural Design Office

Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto Designs the "Ideal Museum" in Japan

February 01, 2014

“This is the worst space I have ever encountered,” claimed Hiroshi Sugimoto in regards to the OMA-designed main gallery space at Seoul’s Leeum Samsung Museum of Art. Not a stranger to criticism, the Japanese photographer has decided to take museum design into his own hands, drafting what he claims to be the “ideal museum” on a coastal site in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture.

Ishikiri House / SUGAWARADAISUKE Architects

January 30, 2014

+ 47

Architects: SUGAWARADAISUKE Architects
Area: 220 m²
Year: 2013

Kengo Kuma Designs Cultural Centre in Iiyama

January 30, 2014

Architects
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location
Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Area
4000.0 sqm
Project Year
2015
Photographs
Kengo Kuma & Associates

Kengu Kuma & Associates has unveiled designs for a small cultural complex comprising of two halls and a community centre located in Iiyama, Japan. According to the architects, "publicly funded cultural centers tend to be alienated from the rest of the town for their typically large volumes." As a result, they designed "the complex to be as open as possible toward the town and the landscape of Iiyama, so that all would exist in harmony."