“Setagaya-D” by Rico Turu

Who: rico turu architects studio What: Single family residence (2 adults + 1 child) Where: Setagaya, Tokyo When: 2007 (completion) How: Three-story steel frame construction …see/read more »
To Live and Design in Tokyo (Jason’s case)

When I was living and working in Tokyo two decades ago, the city was already overflowing with new styles, trends and designs. There was a high demand for all types of designers, but I hardly heard of any ‘gaikokujin’ designers living in Tokyo …see/read more »
Boko House, 2007

Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto of mA-style are a young husband and wife team of architects who have already established themselves as the go-to designers in Shizuoka for stylish and individual architectures …see/read more »
K House, 2005

K House is one of the few houses designed by architect Mikiko Endo. The interior is accentuated with exposed concrete and plywood surfaces …see/read more »
Long Tall House, 2006

Long Tall House in Tokyo is a five-story basement home with three stories showing on the southwest side …see/read more »
“Ko no mo to”

Like Whitney Houston sings in her 1986 song “Greatest Love of All,” I, too, want to believe the children are our future …see/read more »
Laurent Bruyere どの 安らかに

GuerlainのMitsoukoに魅せられ調香師を志し、一流の調香師になった後も取り憑かれたように、世に知られることのない自分だけのMitsoukoを作り続けた。彼のメモリアルとして、Laurent Bruyere’s Mitsoukoを、IFFとともに発表することを考えている。
An amazing talent, a tremendous loss

「何か 面白いことを 一緒にやろうよ」
そんなメールのやりとりを何度かしただけ
一度も会う機会のないまま
昨晩 パリで 43歳という若さで逝ってしまった
まだ これからだったのに
・合掌・ 謹んでご冥福をお祈り申し上げる
After three decades…

There is a strong similarity among these four facades. The first building (1) is, of course, the famous Azuma House by Tadao Ando …see/read more »
A Small Tobacco Shop in Osaka

It must be difficult, even in Japan, to find a mixed-use development smaller than this one in Osaka …see/read more »
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