Articles Tagged with ''Japan''

House of Trough

A house in Japan by Jun Igarashi engages in interior theatrics while snubbing its neighbors.

December 16, 2011

Like an introverted person, the House of Trough, designed by architect Jun Igarashi in the Kato-gun district of the Hokkaido prefecture in northern Japan, focuses inward.

House in Nakameguro

June 16, 2011

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The owners of the House in Nakameguro wanted their architects to design a residence that would remain in the memories of their three children forever.

InBetween House

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

April 16, 2011

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A cluster of boxes united by irregular, interstitial space, InBetween House mimics the Japanese urban condition on an architectural scale.

Completion Date: April 2009 Owner: Toraya Program: A new building for the Japanese pastry maker Toraya, which has occupied the site for approximately 500 years. The structure—housing a café, a gallery, offices, and the pastry workshop—is connected by a central garden to a small storage house from the Edo Period, for a total of 12,000 square feet. Design concept and solution: The architects wanted the café and garden-side terrace to feel like one big indoor-outdoor space, open and relaxing. They united the café and terrace with a gently sloping ceiling of narrow wood ribs, which extends into an awning over the

Sunpu Church

Balancing enclosure and exposure, this Presbyterian church by Taira Nishizawa is both awe-inspiring and intimate.

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

June 1, 2010

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An elderly congregation housed in an aged building, the Sunpu Church was in need of revitalization.

Tree House

Grounded in Nature: Metaphor defines a well-crafted home in Tokyo.

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

April 19, 2010

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Inspired by that magical space sheltered beneath leafy, deciduous branches, Tree House, designed by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, revolves around a single column measuring 4 feet in diameter that supports frames (aka “branches”) of engineered wood.

Design Vanguard 2009: Mount Fuji Architects Studio

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

December 1, 2009

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Architects Masahiro and Mao Harada, the principals of Mount Fuji Architects Studio, are mountain people. Veteran climbers, they hike parts of the Japan Alps annually with their office staff and named their firm after the country’s most venerated peak.

Mount Fuji Architects Studio

A respect for the purity of craft, fused with a deft material hand, help create buildings that seem effortless yet substantial.

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

December 1, 2009

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Architects Masahiro and Mao Harada, the principals of Mount Fuji Architects Studio, are mountain people.

Sambuichi Architects Inujima Art Project Project Portfolio

Naomi Pollock, FAIA

July 19, 2009

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Project Specs Inujima Art Project Inujima, Japan Sambuichi Architects << Return to article the People Architect Sambuichi Architects 8-3-302 Nakajima-cho Naka-ku Hiroshima 730-0811 Japan T : +81(0)82 544-1417 F : +81(0)82 544-1418 samb@d2.dion.ne.jp Engineer(s): Arup Japan General contractor: Omoto Gumi Co.,Ltd the Products Structural system Art work: Yukinori Yanagi Plant advisor: Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology Okayama University Drainage: Faculty of Bioresource Sciences Akita Prefectural University, Kubota Hygiene: Sanyo Giken Ltd. Electricity: ASAHIDENGYO Co,.Ltd. Environmental observation / Chimney monitor system: Keisoku Research Consultant CO. Purify tank: Asahi Engineering Co,. Ltd. Stone works: NAKASEKI CO., LTD Wood made door