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Take a look at Layered Office, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture property by NoMaDoS. This is a plan to rebrand and renovate the headquarters of a company supporting the well-known tile projects of Morioka City buildings.
Maruno Corporation has been engaged in tile projects for almost 90 years since its inception. Its headquarters building has a history of 50 years, accumulating long-term technology and history.
Finally we show The Ohori Terrace in Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island by rhythmdesign. This is a wooden building that harmonizes with Ohori park’s abundant nature. The designer’s vision required a clean structure.
Tetsuo Kobori Architects aimed to create a place of open exchange and co-creation for 49,000 employees with this project, which engages in the provision of construction and real estate services in Japan. The place is known as MORI no KAISHO, which means “Meeting Place of Forest”
NoMaDoS present Layered Office in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, which uses the concept of tiles, with history “covering” and “stacking” like tiles, creating multiple layers to the building
The Sumu Yakushima regenerative architecture project in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, was designed by tono Inc. with the idea of not only reducing damage to the environment, but also changing the environment in a positive way with a view to improving it for fungi bacteria in the soil
Ohori Terrace is a wooden building that harmonizes with Ohori park’s abundant nature so you can enjoy its view in Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island, Japan. In rhythmdesign.Ltd. minds, realizing this vision would require a clean structure
The Takeru Shoji Architects Co designed Yamaikarashi Nursery School is located at the end of a winding pathway, atop of a sand dune, this single-story wooden building filled with characterful rooms and recesses provides a diverse base for children in Niigata, Japan
Designed by UID architects, Knit House is built on a slope stretching from the mountainside to the base of the mountain, where there has been residential development since the 1970s. While the site is located near the centre of Nagano, Japan, the area is abundant with greenery and nature
When designing Y-House in Fukui, Japan, Baum’s priority was given to enjoying the change of four seasons by installing a large window on the road side rather than worrying about to be seen because only nearby residents pass by the road in front of the house and there is a difference in elevation
Located on the hilltop of the nationally-renowned Dogo hot spring area Japan, the CHIASMA FACTORY, DOGO HAKURO hotel opened as a captivating “hot spring lifestyle hotel” in July 2020, following the client’s vision to revitalize his three hotels in the neighbourhood
An old warehouse has been renovated by Baum, into a directly managed store of a company Tsuchinao Shikki that produces and sells Echizen lacquerware in Fukui, Japan
Designed by UID Architects, PeacoQ House is for a family of three built on the northern corner lot of a gently-curving, tiered residential land in Hiroshima, Japan
kurosawa kawara-ten designed House for G, a weekend house for an elderly couple on a site with a steep slope which was the edge of a suburban detached housing complex in Kisaradu Chiba, Japan
In designing the ZOZO headquarters building Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, Takenaka Corporation’s aim was to create a “regionally integrated office” that will grow with Chiba, Japan, based on a vision of the city itself
TSC Architects’ client of the TAKENAKA Clinic, Japan, is a doctor who sees more than 3,000 patients in the area every month. He wanted a building with the warmth of wood. This a desire to be a place where everyone who came to the hospital could feel at ease
Yuko Nagayama and Associates began the Jins Park Community Building, Maebashi, Japan, by reversing the typical layout of roadside stores, with a parking lot located in front, and instead located the parking lot behind the building
MOTIVE Inc created a wayfinding system at the Totetsu Training Institute, Japan, built to help preserve its legacy of unique expertise, enhance its technological prowess, and develop highly capable human resources
