Shai-Hulud… is what I associate this image with… love the striking and somewhat nostalgic contrast between the faded houses and a giant silver ‘worm’ Continue Reading…
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Wednesday Follow-ups
Some followups on our previous posts…
ANDON HOUSE (波乗り長屋), 2006 (11/07/08) »
There are many more images, both inside and outside of Andon House:
Andon House (1)
Andon House (2)
You can also see how the house is being used during summer here.
DOMINO BOX HOUSE BY ATELIER A POINT DESIGN (10/31/08) »
There are more images of Atelier A Point Design’s shipping container architecture here. I like the bright interior.
SARUGAKU – BACKSTREET SHOPPING MALL (10/09/08) »
I just want to show that we make some effort to visit the architectures posted on our blog. I went to check Sarugaku a few days ago. A bit of a disappointment really…
W-Window House, Part 2: Exterior + Plans
The footprint of W-Window House is approximately 320 square feet (30 square meter). What is slightly unusual about the house is that the entrance doesn’t have Continue Reading…
W-Window House, Part 1: Interior
A great staircase makes a great sculpture, and I enjoy this image the same way I enjoy the sculptures by Donald Judd Continue Reading…
Andon House (波乗り長屋), 2006
With all due respect to Isamu Noguchi, as far as the idea of ‘akari (light)’ is concerned, I think a young architect named Ken Shimabara has outdone the renowned artist of the 20th century Continue Reading…
Natural Cubes, 2008
This 6-unit rental apartment complex sits on a residential hilltop in suburban Tokyo Continue Reading…
Jugetsudo Paris
Maybe you have heard this senpai/kohai thing before. Architect Kengo Kuma was my senpai Continue Reading…
Wednesday Follow-ups
Here are some followups on our previous posts:
DesignTide Tokyo 2008 & Tokyo Design Week 2008 (10/30/08)
Our pics from DesignTide Tokyo 2008 is here. (it was too crowded…)
Δ , 2006 (10/28/08) »
You can see how the house is lived in here. (unfortunately, the images are small and low rez.)
Hyperbolic Paraboloids (10/20/08) »
You can see an image of the house with a car parked next to it at Judit Bellostes.
Dancing trees, Singing birds (10/04/08) »
I guess it’s time to take the myth away from this highly unique (and very popular) architecture. Here is the website of the developer of FLEG Bird Park a.k.a. “Dancing trees, Singing birds.”
