Sarugaku – backstreet shopping mall
Who would think about building an open-air shopping mall on a piece of land that measures only 5,791 square feet?
a (small) splash of color
Some noticeable tendencies found in contemporary Japanese houses: 1. very small 2. an interior with stark white walls or fair-faced concrete 3. using single letter in naming a proj
Dancing trees, Singing birds
It’s hard to believe this is in Tokyo… A six-apartment complex located in central Tokyo. Below is the architectural model. Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects Tag: H
Clean, modern, well thought out
He is no Tadao Ando, but that doesn’t make Akira Sakamoto any less of an architect. If you had a choice between Ando and him as an architect for your very first house,
George Nelson @ Vitra Design Museum
The Vitra Design Museum at Weil am Rhein in Germany celebrates the 100th anniversary of Nelson’s birth with a retrospective of his work. Jochen Eisenbrand, the curator of the
Sou Fujimoto & House O
Sou (Sosuke) Fujimoto is probably one of the most promising young architects in the world. His website sucks big time, but I even find that interesting. Or maybe he just doesn̵
Buddha in the barrel
Those who have been to Japan will have visited the ancient capital Kyoto but may not have heard of a city called Kamakura. Kamakura is a city by the Pacific ocean 40 miles south-we
Neil Barrett x Zaha Hadid @Minami-Aoyama
The Neil Barrett store in Minami-Aoyama designed by Zaha Hadid opend yesterday. There’s nothing remarkable about it, but it’s pretty, and that’s all that matters.
Windshape
who: nArchitects, the folks who set up their office in a space which used to be part of my studio at 68 Jay Street. what: Ephemeral Pavilions when: July 2006 where: Lacoste, France
HILL HOUSE revisited
what: Hill House by Johnston & Marklee where: Pacific Palisades, California ひとこと: この住宅は、世界的によく知られているイームズ邸のそばにあ
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