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Ordinary backdrops is a series of photographs by Louise de Belles that capture the beauty of the ordinary as well as commonplaces of Japanese cities that embrace imperfection. Ordinary : adjective 1. With no special or distinctive features; normal. “he sets out to depict…
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Located in Mount Rokko, with spectacular views overlooking Kobe, the ‘House in rokko’ by Japanese Architect Yo Shimada explores the way Architecture can minimize physical impacts upon the environment while maintaining the views.
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Built in the corner of an old town, House D is a single family house designed by Japanese Architect Jun Igarashi which encourage relationships and continuity between internal and external spaces.
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The Laminated house by Architect Hiroaki Ohtani is made with pre-cast concrete strips, stacked unevenly to allow stairs, furniture and floors to be inserted in the gaps.
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Built with a limited budget, Hat H is a house designed by Japanese Architects Jun Igarashi for a single family in Engaru, a residential district in Hokkaido. A very small entity Volume in the middle of the site of 5,460mm × 5,460mm is built…
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The House in Byoubugaura designed by Japanese Architects Takeshi Hosaka is a single family dwelling in Yokohama in a small plot of just 60 m2 . Curve Walls serve to give intimacy while allowing the entrance of natural light in the interiors.
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The Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum designed by Japanese Architect Kengo Kuma connects a hotel and a spa operated by the town, which had been separated by a cliff and a road. The museum functions not only as the skywalk between…
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ABE House designed by Japanese Architects Urban Architecture Office is a single family dwelling in Tama-shi, a residential district of Tokyo. Imagined as an outdoor garden, the interior circulation of this houses creates a journey as inhabitants pass between rooms. The exterior facade is made with three volumes of…
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The Tsunami Evacuation Tower designed by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura takes the form of an elliptic cylinder with its narrow end receiving the oncoming tsunami. The shapes allows to evacuate by walking up the ramp winding around the tower’s circumference.
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Inspired by the traditional “Chise“ houses of Japan, Kazuo Shinohara designed in 1977 this House in Ashitaka as part of a group of stark, concrete houses, the architect built between 1970 and 1977 together with the monumental ‘Uncompleted House‘ in Tokyo, ‘House…
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The Court House designed by Japanese Architects Takeshi Hosaka is a single family dwelling for a family with 3 children in Nagoya. The courtyard of the house. which names the project, is not only designed as the “place of life” but…
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Japanese teahouses by Architect Terunobu Fujimori have attracted prestigious clients such as the V&A Museum in London for whom his Beetle’s House featured his signature charred cladding. The inside of them are simple and modern while the outside are pure fantasy. You…
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