{"id":4322,"date":"2009-04-30T22:02:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T02:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2009-04-30T22:02:48","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T02:02:48","slug":"t-house-by-den-nen-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/04\/t-house-by-den-nen-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"T-House by Den Nen Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/04\/t-house-by-den-nen-architecture\/dennen1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dennen1.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,333\" 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=\"T-House, 2008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dennen1.jpg?fit=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dennen1.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"\" title=\"T-House, 2008\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dennen1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dennen1.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>Den Nen Architecture<\/i> based in Kyoto was founded by architects <b>Yasushi Mizuta<\/b> and <b>Naohiro Sumi<\/b>. The name of their firm &#8220;Den Nen&#8221; derives from Kansai (Kyoto, Osaka region) dialect &#8216;desunen&#8217; or &#8216;dennen&#8217;, which means &#8216;am&#8217;, &#8216;is&#8217; or &#8216;are&#8217;<!--more-->. The word doesn&#8217;t have much meaning but sounds very unique. Compared to the Standard Japanese, Osaka dialect is more rhythmical and strong. Does their work convey the sprit of the name?<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"specs\">Who:<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/den-nen.com\/\">Den Nen Architecture<\/a> (Yasushi Mizuta &#038; Naohiro Sumi) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">What:<\/sup> Single family residence (2 adults) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Where:<\/sup> Ako, Hyogo &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">When:<\/sup> 2008 (completion) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">How:<\/sup> Two-story reinforced concrete construction &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Site Area:<\/sup> 2366 square feet (219.84m\u00b2) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Construction Area:<\/sup> 1205 square feet (111.99m\u00b2) &nbsp; <sup id=\"specs\">Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 1563 square feet (145.24m\u00b2)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4324\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2009\/04\/t-house-by-den-nen-architecture\/dennen2\/\" 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