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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14325 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:57:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14325-japan-society-exhibition-examines-tokyo-from-the-1964-to-2020-olympic-summer-games A model of Kengo Kuma’s New National Stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics sits beside original drawings from Kenzo Tange’s office of his Yoyogi Gymnasium for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Photo © Richard P. Goodbody, Courtesy of Japan Society Gallery A model of Holes in the House (2017) by Fuminori Nousaku and Mio Tsuneyama. Photo © Richard P. Goodbody, Courtesy of Japan Society Gallery A view of the installation with original drawings of the Harumi Apartments (1956) by Kunio Mayekawa in the foreground. Photo © Richard P. Goodbody, Courtesy of Japan Society Gallery A view of the installation with Cat Olympics: Soccer Field (2017) by Nobuaki Takekawa in the foreground. Photo © Richard P. Goodbody, Courtesy of Japan Society Gallery Atelier Bow-Wow earned a reputation over the past decade for designing intelligent but extremely compact houses.

]]> 10_mountain_house.asp Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8778-mountain-house To the casual observer, Japan may seem slow in catching on to the current ecofriendly trend that has taken the architectural world by storm.

]]> 08nora.asp Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:03:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8734-nora-house Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha The office—up-close and at a distance —receives an abundance of light from the chimney set above it. Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha The office—up-close and at a distance —receives an abundance of light from the chimney set above it. Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha The architect maximized the house’s floor plate by creating nine separate levels distinguished by short runs of stairs. Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha Stairs lead from the office down through the kitchen to the bedroom, which is partially embedded in the earth and is the only fully private room in the house. Photo © Shinkenchiku-Sha Image courtesy Atelier Bow-Wow Image courtesy Atelier Bow-Wow