Betongirlande by Kartsen Födinger.

found at arcademi

I’m a fan of concrete, the s house in Fukuoka, Japan, just looks awesome. It was designed by stad / Shimokawa Toru. Please note the small windows facing the house next door in the third photo.

found at designboom weblog

This is the Riverbank House in Kikugawa, Japan. It was designed by Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto.

found at what we do is secret

In my ongoing series “houses I wouldn’t mind living in”: the House in Matsubara. It was designed by Ken’ichi Otani Architects and you may guess in which city you can find the Matsubara area.

found at Platform Arquitectura

“Weil ich es sag” (Because I say so) by Erika Hock. I wouldn’t mind having such a wall in my home.

found at acidolatte

Untitled Exteriors by Youngsuk Suh.

found at dropular

The reason why I was in Hamburg the last 2 days, was because of the LeadAwards 2009. today and tomorrow received a commendation in the category weblog of the year. The LeadAwards is one of the most import awards for print and online work in Germany. The big difference to other awards is the fact that you can’t submit your work or website, they have to find you. So I’m very happy with the commendation! Like I said before: content is king, so a big thank you to all those today and tomorrow content creators.
But that was only one part of my visit to Hamburg. The weather was excellent, which is quite important when you visit a city. I had really great time thanks to my private tour guide Miguel. I also had the chance to go onto the roof of the Flak Tower IV in St. Pauli. You can’t find a better view over city than from up there (but I really liked all the concrete), thank you Judith!

(The normal today and tomorrow updates should resume shortly.)

The Hemeroscopium House by Ensamble Studio is … I’m speechless. It only took 7 days to build the structure, just look at the massive beams. The 20 ton granite stone on top is a counterweight to the whole structure. Amazing!

found at archinect

Elf Elf (eleven eleven) is an installation by Gottfried Bechtold. He casted 11 Porsche 911′s in concrete.

photo by Ziggy Star****

found at vvork

Ken Niizeki is the architect of this house in Tokyo, I guess he’s not really a fan of windows. Or at least not of any facing the street.
The big photos are made by Naoya Fujii.

found at what we do is secret