Things That Make Us Go HMM…
If you saw our previous post, you might wonder what kind of building codes and regulations we have in big cities of Japan. Neither Gero nor I am an architect and cannot explain the
Michi no Ie (House in the middle of street)
This narrow lot (10 feet wide) used to be part of the street stretching ahead
House in Yoyogi-Uehara
Nissyo Kogyo, a small but excellent “komuten” in Tokyo, has recently teamed up with Nagisa Kidosaki
Nonchan’s House
At a glance, it looks like a building with some offices
A House Made of Two
Naf Architect & Design is a firm established by two partners, Tetsuya Nakazono and Akio Nakasa
GREEN MOUNTAIN: INTERIOR
Photo © Yoshiharu Hama The latest work by Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto of mA-Style in Shizuoka is called Green Mountain
GREEN MOUNTAIN: EXTERIOR
Photo © Yoshiharu Hama This home deigned for a well known ‘Kendo’ family in Shizuoka, Japan consists of two buildings, the residence and a ‘dojo’, d
Patio under water
Imagine having four boys in Japan where the birthrate is falling faster than any other country, and the fertility rate is lowest in the world
House in Yoga
When architects design their own homes, they don’t want everything set in stone
Courtyard House
Accommodating two generations under one roof, a common housing situation in Japan, gives an additional facet to the design of a house
The House on Waseda Street
The width of this house is less than 11 feet in the front and even smaller in the rear (8’4″)