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House in Tamba / MIDW

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000

The site lies in a small mountain town. Along its northern edge, a natural slope carved out during land development remains exposed, now overgrown with wild vegetation and supporting a modest ecosystem. Subtle shifts in the site's topography suggest a faint continuity with the distant fields and village landscape. Using this relationship with the ground as a point of departure, the building volume is arranged to embrace a triangular garden set against the slope.

Elemental Shores in the Asia-Pacific: Concrete Recasts the Beach House

Jonathan Yeung — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Living by the beach has long been a defining aspiration—drawn by the promise of tempered nature, privacy, and immediate access to the water. Historically, beach houses tended to be rustic and pared back: partly because servicing remote sites and delivering materials was difficult, and partly because their charm lay in being closer to the elements—simpler, rougher, more direct.

House of Many Arches / 24d-studio (Fumio Hirakawa + Marina Topounova)

Hana Abdel — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 23:00:00 +0000

House of Many Arches is a gut renovation of a 35-year-old house in Kobe, Japan. Originally built with a function of four rentable apartment units and small office, the house went through a series of renovations after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, transforming into a work-live space.

Kyoto Suiden-ann Hostel SUI / Alphaville Architects

Andreas Luco — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The guesthouse located in Nishijin Kyoto's famed weaving district which is in the northwest part of central Kyoto and one of the most traditional areas of the city.

Kizunaya Building / Alphaville Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:00:00 +0000

The atelier, gallery, and residence for mourning jewelry artist are integrated into one building at central Kyoto. Here, the designer, who specializes in commemorative jewelry that encloses hairs and ashes of the deceased loved ones, shares the jewelry making process with his guests from all over Japan.

House H in Korien / Hisashi IKEDA Architects

Daniel Tapia — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000

House H in Korien is sited in the suburbs of Osaka, the second biggest city in Japan. This area was developed for housing about 100 years ago. Old houses are located behind large gardens, trees, and hedges. On the other hand, relatively new houses that were built in finely divided lands aren’t able to have gardens and greens. As a result, the backs of houses reveal unintentionally and cars occupy small outside spaces.

Santo CLT Office / Junichi Kato & Associates

Valentina Villa — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 17:00:00 +0000

It is an office building that uses CLT(Cross Laminated Timber) as a structural and finishing material. Based on the three concepts of showing the cross-section of CLT, giving a finish with CLT and using CLT in curves, I have explored ways to utilize CLT's unique nature.

New Kyoto Town House 2 / Alphaville Architects

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 30 May 2016 03:00:00 +0000

The current wooden house system based on bearing wall calculation hardly fits in with the ‘eel’s bed’ or the elongated housing lots typical of Kyoto, an old capital of Japan. While the width of lots has been segmentalized to provide minimal daylight, ventilation and access over a long period of time, the only option today of opening up the frontage is either steel structure or specialized wooden frame structure.

House in Shigaraki / Junichi Kato & Associates

Karen Valenzuela — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 18:00:00 +0000

This is a two-storey wooden residence located in Shiga Prefecture.

Fire Works Villa / TTArchitects

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:00:00 +0000

It has achieved the maiximum area and the height. The site is located in the residential area near the city area of Matsuyama City.There are two main requests from the client, one is to have all the living space on the sunny second floor, and the other is to be able to watch the fireworks in summer.

Kawanishi fam / TT Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:00:00 +0000

This is a creative space for up-and-coming entrepreneurs to exchange ideas,formulate plans and convert this into results.

Bridged Living Space / TT Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

The two dwellings are connected by a “bridged” living space, providing continuity of the outdoor space.

Kusunokidai Assembly Hall / Yamamori Architect & Associates

Cristian Aguilar — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This building is located in a recently gentrified residential area on a hill to the south of Osaka.

KJ House / Nakahira Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

This house is a low budget constructed building, built within a popular residential area. The central open stair case acts as a single modular unit, which unites all the compact internal and external spaces.

House Twisted / Alphaville Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

This is a residential house located in the densely populated periphery of Osaka, surrounded by small traditional commercial houses. By combining simple manipulations and traditional elements such as the earthen floor (Japanese Doma), we created a space that is simple but has dynamic nuances.

A house in Kitashirakawa / Méga

Jonathan Alarcón — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:00:00 +0000

This work is renovation for two-floor wooden house (built in 1980, part of second floor extension in 1989). New owner had hoped to enjoy a room with modern furniture and lighting that had been diligently gathered, by purchasing this site with old house and renovating a main space. Existing house had been planed a typical LDK in first floor, and a bay window for good view from south and southeast corner that had been aware of it in the second floor. There is approximately 600mm high difference between east extension part that has the bay windows on the second floor by original owner and other second floor, its discrepancy has occurred also in a plan, structure as well.

A house in Ayukawa / Méga

Jonathan Alarcón — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This is a house of a court and a skip floor. Though it is a two-family house, all spaces around the court will make a spatial continuity when it becomes ‘a house’ in the future. It is surrounded by sites, which shape like same squares. If the court designed toward the south, it will be in the shadow of those houses in the south and someone also can overlook it.

A house in Kamigamo / Méga

Nico Saieh — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

The site size is 40m×(11m/1.7m).