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Completed in 1984, this house in Yokohama, designed and built by the Japanese architect Kazuo Shinohara (1925 – 2006), still stands out as a landmark of his long-lasting architectural convictions.
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Completed in 2012, Tom Ford’s Ranch, designed by Japanese Architect Tadao Ando has a serene Japanese aesthetic that blends surprisingly well with the 24,000-acre ranch arid terrain of Santa Fe,…
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Maki’s Golgi Structures designed in 1968 by Fumihiko Maki was named after Nobel Prize-winner Camillo Golgi, who developed techniques for visualizing nerve cell bodies. The structure proposed by Maki alternates dense urban…
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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 small entity volume…
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The therme Suite room project designed by Kengo Kuma in 2015 is a penthouse restoration on top of the Vals Therme Hotel in Switzerland using local materials.
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The Sayama Forest Chapel in Saitama, Japan, by Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura has a “V” shape timber structure inspired by traditional Japanese structures called “Gassho-zukuri.” Hiroshi Nakamura creates a highly durable wooden construction taking care of environmental…
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This timber house Villa at Sengokubara, Japan designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has a square plan and the main living room is centered on the interior courtyard where all…
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Completed in 1972 in Tokyo’s center, the Nakagin Capsule Tower was designed by the Japanese Architect Kisho Kurokawa. The mixed-use residential and office tower is a rare example of Japanese…
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This rural Japanese house by Suppose Design Office features sunken rooms and see-through walls, designed to allow residents to observe and interact with wild animals blurring boundaries between interior and…
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Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa designed in 1960 the “Agricultural City.” Intended to replace the agricultural towns in Aichi destroyed by the Ise Bay Typhoon in 1959, the structure was to…
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Completed in 2012 by Japanese Architects Takeshi Hosaka, the House in Byoubugaura is a three-story single-family dwelling in a small plot of just 60 m2. Curve wood walls are used…
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The National Museum of Western Art, designed by Le Corbusier, was the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition. The Museum is located in…
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The Solid Cedar House, designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and built with solid cedar, was conceived based on acclaimed modernist architect Mies Van Der Rohe.
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The Reslope house in Kobe by Japanese Architect Tomohiro Hata is one of the many residences developed over the years on the same sloping plot. The original house was demolished…
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