WHAT WE DO IS SECRET

Have we seen this before? No, this is actually a brand new house, which was just completed in January.
Continue Reading…

A house with a nice entry in a contemporary Osaka style Continue Reading…

~ DOTE HOUSE ~
^Who: Akihito & Yukie Mukai
^What: Single family residence
^Where: Yawata City, Kyoto
^When: March 2009
^How: Two-story wood frame construction
^{Site Area:} 2,235 square feet (207.67m2)
^{Construction Area:} 803 square feet (74.64m2)
^{Total Floor Area:} 960 square feet (89.19m2)
^{Photographer:} -

~ HOUSE IN MORIYA ~
^Who: Hiroshi Shoji
^What: Single family residence
^Where: Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture
^When: May 2008
^How: Two-story (w/basement) reinforced concrete construction
^{Site Area:} -
^{Construction Area:} -
^{Total Floor Area:} 1,615 square feet (150m2)
^{Photographer:} -

This house with beautifully textured concrete stairs sits on a typical Tokyo flag lot. Take a look at the site plan below.

Continue Reading…

Flag lot divisions are quite common in a densely populated city in Japan Continue Reading…

From the deep south of Japan Continue Reading…

~ HOUSE WITH A FLAG ~
^Who: Sotaro Yamamoto / Atelier Sotaro Yamamoto
^What: Single family residence
^Where: Chūō-ku, Tokyo
^When: June 2009
^How: Three-story reinforced concrete construction
^{Site Area:} 724 square feet (67.29m2)
^{Construction Area:} 399 square feet (37.08m2)
^{Total Floor Area:} 1247 square feet (115.87m2)
^{Photographer:} Shigeo Ogawa (※photo of the flag: Sotaro Yamamoto)

~ SPIN-OFF ~
^Who: Yasuhiro Minami / Atelier Implexe
^What: Two-generation residence
^Where: Katsushika-ku, Tokyo
^When: July 2007
^How: Three-story steel frame construction
^{Site Area:} 709 square feet (65.89m2)
^{Total Floor Area:} 926 square feet (86.00m2)
^{Photographer:} Takeshi Yamagishi
» video of spin-off

(Note: They don’t sell sandwiches here.)
Continue Reading…