“Nowhere but Sajima” is finally a house in Japan where I actually could go to and stay for a few days. It’s vacation rental residence located in Yokosuka-City, just outside of Tokyo. It was designed by Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects.
found at what we do is secret
Daniele Del Nero made a series of architectural scale models with black paper, which he then covered with flour and some small samples of mold. After some time they started to look like this. Beautiful!
found at The Fox Is Black
Gordon Matta-Clark was an American artist known for this site-specific artworks like his series of building cuts, where he removed sections of floors, ceilings, and walls in abandoned buildings. “Conical Intersect” was one of his project which he did during the Paris Biennale in 1975. You can find a video about it here.
You might also want to have a look at Turning the Place Over by Richard Wilson.
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This is the Riverbank House in Kikugawa, Japan. It was designed by Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto.
found at what we do is secret
These are a few satellite images which The Big Picture collected of residential development in SW Florida.
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The Tokyo Apartment building by Sou Fujimoto consists of five dwelling units. Each one of them has two or three independent rooms in a prototypical “house” shape. I’m not sure that I would like to climb a ladder each time I want to go to the other room. But I would definitely like to visit this building.
Photos by Iwan Baan.
EXiT architetti associati were asked to design a family chapel in Padova, Italy. Although this is normally not a place where you would feel comfortable, they managed to design it in a way where you could go to think, meditate, concentrate and, above all, allow yourself precious time to stay close to your loved ones.
found at ArchDaily
The Minimalist House in Itoman-shi, Okinawa, Japan, was designed by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates / Urbanist Architect. Just have a look a the floor plan and you’ll understand why it’s called the minimalist house.
found at ArchDaily
You might have noticed that I’m a huge fan of Japanese architecture. But I’m very impressed by The Narrow House designed by Bassam El-Okeily in Bilzen, Belgium. The facade is looks like a sculpture.
I’ve been holding off for a long time to post some photos of the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. So here are finally some photos of the finished pavilion, I guess you all know about this master piece designed by Heatherwick Studio by now. If you don’t, ArchDaily has all the info you’ll need.
