{"id":2712,"date":"2008-12-16T11:47:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T15:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2009-01-15T14:28:02","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T18:28:02","slug":"the-ultimate-fun-house-called-house-in-matsuyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/12\/the-ultimate-fun-house-called-house-in-matsuyama\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fun House called &#8220;House in Matsuyama&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/12\/the-ultimate-fun-house-called-house-in-matsuyama\/#more-2712\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/12\/the-ultimate-fun-house-called-house-in-matsuyama\/matsu00\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/matsu00.jpg?fit=500%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8220;House in Matsuyama&amp;#8221; 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by SUEP.\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/matsu03.jpg?fit=500%2C353&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/matsu03.jpg?resize=500%2C353\" alt=\"\" title=\"&quot;House in Matsuyama&quot; by SUEP.\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/matsu03.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/matsu03.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<span id=\"photos\" class=\"floatright\">Photos above \u00a9 Shinkenchiku-sha<\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;House in Matsuyama&#8221; was built in Shikoku Island for a young couple who has three boys &#8211; 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This unique house situated near by the Seto Inland Sea perfectly matches the atmosphere of the region where the climate is mild even in winter. It was designed by <b>Hirokazu Suemitsu<\/b> and <b>Yoko Suemitsu<\/b>, a husband-and-wife team of architects based in Tokyo who go by the name &#8216;SUEP.&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>I LOVE this house and wish I had grown up in a house like this. My only concern&#8230; I hope the boys are not going to rip &#8216;n shred the beautiful deck with their skateboards.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"specs\">Who:<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suep.jp\/\">SUEP.<\/a> (<b>Hirokazu Suemitsu<\/b> and <b>Yoko Suemitsu<\/b>) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">What:<\/sup> Single family residence (2 adults + 3 children) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">Where:<\/sup> Matsuyama, Ehime (Shikoku Island) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">When:<\/sup> 2005 (completion) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">How:<\/sup> Two-story steel frame construction &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">Site Area:<\/sup> 1985 square feet (184.44m\u00b2) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">Construction Area:<\/sup> 1212 square feet (112.56m\u00b2) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 1066 square feet (99.02m\u00b2) &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">Photographer:<\/sup> Shinkenchiku-sha &nbsp;<br \/>\n<sup id=\"specs\">Tag(s):<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/tag\/husband-and-wife\/\">Husband\/Wife Team<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/tag\/suep\/\">SUEP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/12\/more-from-house-in-matsuyama-by-suep\/\"><b>&#8230;more photos and images  &raquo;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[53,22,60],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","tag-husband-and-wife","tag-japan","tag-suep"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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