Stairway House in Tokyo by Nendo.From the outside, nendo’s Stairway House in Tokyo sits like a clean white spaceship in the quiet residential area it landed in. The home’s regular, rectangular grid is intercepted with a monumental angled concrete staircase, the mere...
Melt House in Osaka, Japan by SAI Studio.In order to create a sense of indoor-outdoor living with limited space, SAI Studio split Melt House into a north and south building with a full-height courtyard in between. Placing a roof over the courtyard meant it could still be utilized...
Muji Unveil Their Latest Tiny Prefab House.Yō no Ie is the first stair-less prefabricated dwelling from Muji, featuring an expansive outdoor deck with cosy sunken fire pit. The decking is as flush as possible with the interior, intended to form a seamless extension that encourages...
House in Kyoto, Japan by 07BEACH.With no room for a backyard, 07BEACH made the living space of this house in Kyoto double as an internal courtyard, adding large skylights to maximize daylight. To enhance a sense of bringing the outside in, a large indoor tree takes pride...
Nowhere but Sajima in Yokosuka, Japan by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects.Set on coastal reclaimed land in a small fishing village in Japan, Nowhere but Sajima by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects is comprised of tube-like volumes that look out to the ocean. The site meets the seawall while also facing other...
Omoken Park Event Space on Kyushu Island, Japan by Yabashi Architects.Yabashi Architects constructed a community-driven multi-purpose public space as a symbolic replacement for a building that was lost during severe earthquakes on the island of Kyushu, Japan in 2016. Sandwiched between two tall,...
Changing Attitude Exhibition in Tokyo by ARKO, Takuya Hamajima, Ryosuke Harashima.Japanese artists ARKO, Takuya Hamajima, and Ryosuke Harashima all apply traditional materials and techniques to a contemporary lens. Shibuya design gallery Somewhere Tokyo displayes their trio exhibition ‘Changing Attitude’. Using...
Tokyo Office Tower by nendo Veiled With a Timber Grid.Rather than allow another closed-off office building to populate the street, nendo created a space connected to the exterior environment with this Tokyo office building. Balconies have been placed sporadically on six floors, each of which...
‘The Man Machine’ by Vincent Fournier.Vincent Fournier’s ‘The Man Machine’ photography series presents robots in innocent everyday situations that provoke sympathy and emotion in the viewer. The final images are absurd, probable, disconcerting, and kind of cute all at...
