Space Lab, University of Tokyo Building

Space Lab, University of Tokyo Building

Thinned materials from forests are, now, an environmental issue as the result that human beings destroyed the balance of nature. Our trial realizes pavilion architecture only by using wasted thinned materials in experimental small scale.

N Building Tokyo, Japan: Tachikawa-shi

N Building, Tokyo, Japan

N Building is a commercial structure located near Tachikawa station amidst a shopping district. Being a commercial building signs or billboards are typically attached to its facade which we feel undermines the structures’ identity.

Tokyo Kindergarten Building by Satoshi Ohtaki

Tokyo Kindergarten - Satoshi Ohtaki

Tokyo Kindergarten building, Japan: the site has a nice view in north-south direction though it is in a high dense area in Tokyo. To keep its open atmosphere, I decided to set structural walls in one direction (north-south).

Column and Slab House, Japan: Tokyo Home

Column and Slab House in Japan

“Column and slab” is our third residential work. Whilst the context is similar to that of our previous two projects, “e-house” and “s-house”, which were located amidst the densely built-up area of Tokyo, the form and meaning of this house turned out to be something quite different.

Yoyogi Park Apartments: Grosvenor Place Tokyo

Yoyogi Park Apartments - Grosvenor Place Kamizono-cho

Grosvenor, the privately owned international property development, investment and fund management Group, has launched its first residential development in Japan – Grosvenor Place Kamizono-cho, an exclusive residential apartment block adjacent to Yoyogi Park, Tokyo.

TBWAHakuhodo Tokyo – Klein Dytham architecture

TBWAHakuhodo Tokyo, Office Building

Working with TBWAHAKUHODO we discovered an old bowling alley in a large 8-storey amusement complex in Tokyo bay area. Bowling alleys are column free, and after removing the suspended ceiling a double height space with 2m deep down-stand beams was revealed.

Saint-Gobain Headquarters Tokyo, Kojimachi

Saint-Gobain Headquarters Tokyo - Kojimachi Building

Saint-Gobain Building, Japan: Tokyo Headquarters: HQ in Kojimachi – design by albert abut architecture, architects, with illuminated wall mural – artist/designer: xenovision / Christopher M. Gaston.

French School Lycee Franco Japonais, Tokyo

French School Lycee Franco Japonais - Building, Tokyo

LFJT – Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo (the French international school in Tokyo, Japan) exploits the translucent qualities provided by glass blocks: Japanese educational building design by albert abut architecture.

United Bamboo Tokyo Store, Japan

United Bamboo Tokyo Store

United Bamboo Tokyo Store in Daikanyama, Japan, by NYC architects Acconci Studio. Materials include steel mesh, steel pipe, faceted glass, PVC projection material, fluorescent lights, photo-booth camera, computer screen, video projection, iPods & headphones

Crystal Brick house Tokyo: Atelier Tekuto

Crystal Brick house Tokyo home interior

Crystal Brick house in Tokyo, contemporary Japanese house design by architects Atelier Tekuto, a delightfully luminous project, using Japanese glass blocks to provide a glowing facade that radiates light from within through the translucent material.

Armani/Ginza Tower, Massimiliano Fuksas Tokyo

Armani/Ginza Tower – Massimiliano Fuksas Tokyo

Armani/Ginza Tower building in Tokyo by Doriana and Massimiliano Fuksas Architects: it is always difficult to crystallise the image of someone, particularly a person as well known as Giorgio Armani, one of the most famous figures in the world.