Idokoro House by mA-Style Architects // Shizouka, Japan.Konichiwa! Today we’re south of Mount Fuji in the Shizouka Prefecture of Japan, to look at a house so good I wish I’d thought of it myself. This little slice of simplicity is by mA-Style Architects, and the photographs come from Kai...
Cloudscapes by Tetsuo Kondo Architects at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.Tetsuo Kondo Architects created a small bank of clouds in the Sunken Garden of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. The clouds billow softly in a compact, transparent container and can be seen from the entrance hall, exhibition...
Mitate Lighting Collection by Studio Wieki Somers.Rotterdam-based Studio Wieki Somers recently exhibited a body of work at Galerie Kreo in Paris. Titled Mitate, an exhibition presented a family of seven large-scale floor lamps that take clues from Japanese culture. Studio Wieki Somers...
Geo Metria by Mount Fuji Architects Studio // Kanagawa, Japan.To Japan (my but we do get about. Thanks, internet). Being cheap and simple myself I do love it when architecture follows suit, and makes a virtue of the combination. This little house in the Kanagawa Prefecture is by Mount Fuji Architects...
Selected Projects by Tokyo-based Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects.Jo Nagasaka is a Osaka-born Tokyo-based architect who established Schemata Architects in 1998. In 2007, he started a collaborative office called HAPPA which combines a gallery and a shop with other facilities. Among his works are a series...
Video // ‘A Breath of Mobility’ by Yasuaki Onishi for Mercedes-Benz.Osaka-based artist Yasuaki Onishi's collaboration with Mercedes-Benz resulted in a monumental form based on the company’s 4-door CLA...
Table Hat Cafe by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects // Kanagawa, Japan.At first glance, I thought this was an unusual home extension. The street is suburban, the plans denote an ‘existing residence’. But there were an awful lot of little tables and chairs in there. Curious. This project is in fact a cafe...
FIKA by ON Design Partners // Tokyo.Designed by ON design partners, FIKA is a home that converts into a weekend shop selling scandinavian collectibles. Separated by a full-height white shelving unit, the shop and the home merge into a single space creating a unique and...
UID Architects, Japan.Hiroshima based UID Architects studio was founded in 2003 by Keisuke Maeda. Clearly an advocate of designing in section and 3D, every project pushes the boundaries of solid and void, inside and outside, public and private. I think this is...
