Living on the Edge: Houses Adapted to Extreme Weather Conditions
In each region of the globe, vernacular constructions of the most varied kind emerged, whether buried underground, inside caves or even built with stones, wood and fabrics. Shelter solutions were based...
View ArticleHouse in Musashi-koyama
House in Musashi-koyama by Tato Architects / Yo Shimada is a home for a family of four on a flag-shaped lot of less than 40 square meters in a dense residential district of Tokyo.
View ArticleRaw, Refined, and Resilient: 14 Projects Showcasing Concrete Block as a...
Once seen as purely utilitarian, bare concrete blocks have increasingly become part of an architectural transformation. In regions where warm climates make insulation unnecessary, this material can be...
View ArticleArchitecture Beyond Humanity: Designing for Non-Human Species
Are humans the only stewards of the built environment? For many architects and planners, spaces are designed with a focus on the needs, comfort, and health of humans. A spatial ordering, in constructed...
View ArticleWatch Riken Yamamoto, David Chipperfield, Francis Kéré, and Anne Lacaton Live...
The Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture present "Community: The Architect as Catalyst for Change", the 2024 Laureate Lecture and Panel...
View ArticleStep Garden House / Niji Architects
The terraced gardens create the city hills - We wanted to create a house that would allow the entire site to be bathed in sunlight even in the dense residential area. It is a flagpole land with a width...
View ArticleSustainable Policy: How Deconstruction Plans Are Revolutionizing Construction...
For a long time, the construction industry has followed a linear process - extract raw materials, build structures, demolish them, and then dispose of the garbage in landfills. This approach has...
View ArticleCreative Renovations: 14 Projects With Surprising Solutions That Transform...
Renovation projects are often perceived as being more limited and therefore less exciting. In this article, we present renovation projects with unexpected solutions that show that it is possible to be...
View ArticleJingu Studio / YNAS
The renovation of Villa Serena 204 began as a personal and professional mission to challenge Japan's "scrap-and-build" culture. Located in a historic modernist building designed by Junzo Sakakura, the...
View ArticleDesigning with Smoke: The Chimney as Architectural and Environmental Instrument
Chimneys are among the most quietly persistent elements in architectural history. Yet their presence persists in nearly every cultural and climatic context, serving as a technical feature and a...
View Article"No House Exists in Isolation": Riken Yamamoto on the Failures of...
Riken Yamamoto, born in Beijing in 1945 and raised in Yokohama shortly after World War II, is a Japanese architect celebrated for fostering community through architecture. After founding his practice,...
View ArticleHOUSE F / KamakuraStudio
This project serves as both the architect's residence and office. By making the first-floor office a space where people from the neighborhood can casually drop by, it aims to foster connections within...
View ArticleFuttsu Weekend House / Atelier MEME
In designing for a client seeking respite from the bustling workday life, we crafted the Weekend House in Futtsu as a haven of freedom and tranquility. Nestled along the coastline near Tokyo Bay, this...
View ArticleNagoya Zokei University / Riken Yamamoto
In 2022 Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design will move from its current campus in Komaki to the city of Nagoya. The new campus is located next to Meijo Park, the home of Nagoya Castle Meijo Koen...
View ArticleSpline House / Daisuke Ibano, Ryosuke Fujii
This is a housing project for a married couple and their children, located on the edge of a quiet residential area. The site was developed after the 1970 Osaka Expo during a period of high economic...
View ArticleDeconstruct, Do Not Demolish: The Practice of Reuse of Materials in Architecture
Reform and adaptation of spaces represent a significant parcel of projects ordered to architecture firms, and reuse of preexisting structures is not newness. Functions and needs change over time,...
View ArticleHouse in Kanazawa / Shota Nakanishi Architects + Ohno Japan
The house is designed by the Japanese architect Shota Nakanishi and the structural architect Hirofumi Ohno in Japan. The site is a residential area in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, in the...
View ArticleMeet the Winners of the 2021 AR House Awards
El Garaje by Nomos has been announced as the winner of the 2021 AR House Awards 2021. Selected from a shortlist of 15 global practices, the jury praised the project for how it "rethinks the housing...
View ArticleMatsubara Civic Library / MARU。architecture
This project in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture replaced an existing library on the same site. The original building was located adjacent to a reservoir pond in a park where many of the city’s cultural...
View ArticleRural House / Takayuki Kuzushima and Associates
Countryside diversity and modernity - The concept of the countryside first appeared in contrast when the concept of the city was created. The boundary is not clear, but the countryside can be thought...
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