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A' House / Wiel Arets Architects

Nico Saieh — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This compact private residence is nestled within the dense expanse of Tokyo, in Nishi-Azabu—a neighborhood characterized by narrow streets and traditional low-rise houses—which borders a park heavily visited during the spring, when the city’s cherry trees begin to bloom. Its 136-square-meter area consists of five horizontally divided spaces, each connected by a minuscule sculptural spiraling staircase that, given the footprint of the house, allows for loft-like spaces within its intimate confines. Oversized windows punctuate the house, each with two layers of glazing; one is transparent and one is of the same relief glass that wraps the façade. These oversized windows, with their dual layers of glazing, can be countlessly reconfigured, to regulate the interior flow of daylight.

Villa Kanousan / Yuusuke Karasawa Architects

Gracia Vera — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This is a weekend cottage situated within the deep mountainous area of midlands in Bousou Peninsula. The site is located in Kanou Mountain, Kimitsu city. An important traditional Japanese painter, Kaii Higashiyama(1909-99) once mentioned that he was awakened by a landscape painting of the majestic ravine scenery of this site. The cottage is sitting on a slope looking down to this ravine.

Iron Gallery / Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio

Jonathan Alarcón — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Iron Gallery is a steel-made building standing in a small lot in the center of Tokyo. This tenant building consists of 4 stories, including an antique art dealer's office. The total floor area of the whole building is less than 100m2.

Lik House / Satoru Hirota Architects

Victoria King — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Lik house is located in the place which went into the residential section from the business district. It was rebuilding in the land in which it was born and the client grew up. It was expected of the residence with a feeling of a resort which can be relaxed, securing privacy, since medium-rise collective housing is also scattered around besides the single-family house of a low layer.