House of Silence – Shiga Residence
This architecture, which is composed of a concrete volume, has not got many windows and is closed by walls, but has got a variety of space inside that you will never imagine from outside.
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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.
Le Comptoir Higashiku: Beauty Salon Nagoya
This Project is a renovation for a SPA, Kaatsu and beauty salon located in the center of Nagoya, Japan. We insert the space to provide drinks being always aware of health and beauty, such as fruit and organic vegetables.
Matsushima Tree House – Japanese Project
Tree House Creations built this tree house completely using local wood. A lot of the time for this project was spent peeling the bark off of the trees that were sourced for the development. Everybody involved was devoted to do this and complete the design.
Dome in Odate – Japan Building
Dome in Odate, Japan architecture in Akita, Japanese multipurpose structure – contemporary building design by Toyo Ito architect
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, Japan
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, Nagano, Japan design by Toyo Ito architect – contemporary Japanese building, new Chūbu region architecture photos
Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Japan Building
The two small museum buildings, named Steel Hut and Silver Hut, both designed by architect Toyo Ito, are located on a promontory on Ōmishima, a small island in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea.
Sendai Mediatheque, Japan Library Building
This library building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, was designed by Toyo Ito in 1995 and completed in 2001. After a public consultation, an architectural competition was held for the design of the Mediatheque.
Tower of Winds – Japan Structure
Ito represents the visual complexity of Tokyo metaphorically in terms of a never-ceasing, ever-changing wind. The tower, a light sculpture that responds to wind speed and directions, was designed years before anyone else explored the use of photo-responsive glass or ‘interactive architecture’ in the same way.
Yatsushiro Municipal Museum Japan Building
The building has two main architectural devices: glass walls that ring the entire museum and open it up to the natural light, and a darker yet airy roof canopy that resembles billowing sails.
House in Abiko – Chiba Residence
The monocoque form made of concrete was inflated and squeezed, following the necessary spatial volume at the living room, cutting space and the wet area. The stiff structure enabled a sash-less detail of glass and the exterior wall aligned in the same surface and realizes the exterior that emphasizes various facets.
Karuizawa Villa Nagano, Japan House
The original idea was to hang the internal space with a structural timber frame like a hammock. Two levels of comfortable space open up to the outside and hovers over the ground maximising the view and emphasising the ‘living in the trees’.
Chapel Complex Doshisha University Building
The idea behind any kind of religious facility must always be supported with equal amounts of harmony, spirituality and integrity. Our proposal represents those core concepts in their full strength, in a turmoil of emotions which will deeply affect any person.
House in Yamasaki, Hyogo residence, Japan
This is a house in the northern part of Hyogo Prefecture for a couple and their two children. The construction site is a part of a place surrounded by mountains and the sky is overcast most of the days.
Atelier Shigou, Toyota Building: Gallery / Meeting
This is for the private cram school located in Toyota city be home to Toyota. It is sometime to be used a gallery or a meeting room. Structurally, the building consists of some cedar plates which are arranged at intervals of 30 cm.
House in Tamatsu – Osaka Residence, Japan
The house is placed at urban district and a small plot of only 43.21sqm in Osaka, Japan. Around the site is the mixed-use area where small houses, small factories, and small office buildings coexist together without any harmony.
Aron R&D Center: Toukai Hexagon Japan
Aron is a company manufacturing plastic goods, for example pipes for building facilities, objects for elders care, some materials for other products and so on. The actual name of the company is “Aron Kasei”.
Grotte Des Fleurs: Nagoya Flowershop Japan
To design from the limited shelf space, to allow the coexistence of people, flowers and equipment, and at the same time maximize the storage space that doesn’t conflict with the movement of clients and staff, we came up with this layout.