ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1010881/library-in-the-earth-hiroshi-nakamura-and-nap Mon, 11 Dec 2023 07:00:00 +0000 Hana Abdel https://www.archdaily.com/1010881/library-in-the-earth-hiroshi-nakamura-and-nap The Library for the Farmers. Plowing the fields on sunny days and reading books on rainy days... Library in the Earth is for such people. The site is located in a corner of KURKKU FIELDS, which is operated by an agricultural production corporation. The flat and dry land was sitting on top of a valley filled with construction debris.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/994850/house-for-g-kurosawa-kawara-ten Thu, 12 Jan 2023 03:00:00 +0000 Hana Abdel https://www.archdaily.com/994850/house-for-g-kurosawa-kawara-ten We planned a weekend house for an elderly couple on a site with a steep slope which was the edge of a suburban detached housing complex in Kisaradu Chiba Japan. The first time we visited, there were lots of flowers and plants which had been grown already. Also, lots of trees had been leafy green. The space had a rich nature which is rarely seen in such an old suburban residential area. The owner has been gardening and picnicking with fire every once a week for a decade with a wish to build a weekend house someday. They have been hoping that have the lifestyle of having a calm weekend by eating fresh vegetables from the garden, spending some time in front of the fire, and just sleeping before stepping back from busy Tokyo

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