{"id":6447,"date":"2010-03-22T05:48:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T09:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2010-03-22T05:48:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T09:48:26","slug":"house-in-shimokitazawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2010\/03\/house-in-shimokitazawa\/","title":{"rendered":"House in Shimokitazawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita1.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita2.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita3.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita4.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita5.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita6.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita7.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita8.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/shimokita9.jpg?w=1300\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"photos\" class=\"floatright\">via <b>LEVEL Architects<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<sup>Who:<\/sup> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.level-architects.com\/\" target=\"_blabk\"><b>Kazuki Nakamura<\/b> and <b>Kenichi Izuhara<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<sup>What:<\/sup> Single family residence<br \/>\n<sup>Where:<\/sup> Setagaya-ku, Tokyo<br \/>\n<sup>When:<\/sup> January 2010<br \/>\n<sup>How:<\/sup> Single-story with half basement, reinforced concrete and wood frame construction<br \/>\n<sup>Site Area:<\/sup> 1,587 square feet (147.48\u33a1)<br \/>\n<sup>Construction Area:<\/sup> 784 square feet (72.88\u33a1)<br \/>\n<sup>Total Floor Area:<\/sup> 1,538 square feet (142.90\u33a1)<br \/>\n<span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":74,"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":[22],"class_list":["post-6447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","tag-japan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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