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AdvertiseUtsunomiya-U by Architecture Lab Opens Up all Interior Spaces
Japanese design practice Architecture-Lab once again manages to surprise us with the innovative house designs and floor plans of their Utsunomiya-U home. The two-story home is located in Tochigi, in a rather conventional residential setting. However, this home’s interiors are anything but conventional. The core of the house is formed by an ample two-level [...]
Open up Your Sunbrella – Ikeda Yukie Architects Residential Project
For the best green home design concepts, one can always count on Japanese flair and know-how, and the team at Ikeda Yukie Architects reinforce this idea via their whimsically titled Sunbrella House. The project is located in Ome, a rural community right outside Tokyo. The building site itself posed a challenge to the architects, [...]
The Inhabitable Japanese Paper Lantern – House in Hanazono by Kihon Form
Contemporary house designs, such as the House in Hanazono by Kihon Form, are often jarring and amazing in their sheer simplicity. The project at hand is informed by a typically Japanese architectural sensibility which has created a home with simple, yet unusual lines for their curvaceousness. Different materials and textures, such as glazing, sheer [...]
Mesmerizing Minimalism at OH Residence by Koseki Architect Office
Japan has always been a great source of inspiration when it comes to contemporary house designs, and the Oshikamo House by Koseki Architect Office is yet another confirmation of this popular knowledge. The Japanese architecture studio produced a small, yet elegant home, characterized by typical minimalism, both on the inside and on the outside. [...]
The Vase Created by Mother Nature (Featuring Yukihiro Kaneuchi)
Always trust the Japanese to come up with fresh ways of looking at interior house design. Take this beautifully simple Sand Vase, created by Japanese designer Yukihiro Kaneuchi, for instance. His work was inspired by an age-old children’s game called ‘Bou-Taoshi’, in which players are required to make a heap of sand around a [...]
Listen to the Forest’s Whisper inside Japanese Forest House
If you’re somewhat of a wannabe recluse and if you enjoy innovative 3D house design concepts, you will like this forest house, designed by Israeli Ando Studio for TNA Architecture. Not surprisingly, the project was commissioned by Japanese clients, the perfect candidates for a residential retreat away from the noise and bustle of the [...]
Japanese Open Home Nurtures Tree Inside
Japan is the home of extraordinary, contemporary house designs, and the minna-no-ie, designed by local practice mamm-design is a perfect illustration to this rule. The unassuming, simple two-and-a-half storey structure is located in a typically Tokyo residential quarter. Meaning, it’s incredibly small, as it had to start out from a tiny plot of 4.5 [...]
Updating Gaudi Through Circular Perfection – Villa Ronde, Japan
There are cute homes, lovely homes, new modern homes, concept homes, abstract homes, luxury homes – and then there’s the Villa Ronde. A stunning circular residence by Ciel Rouge Creation, with no less than a private museum inside, and a lavish natural setting, on a rocky ocean coast. If you think you’ve seen it [...]
Small House Design Fit for Compact Lifestyle – Horinouchi House
The creative geniuses at Mizuishi Architect Atelier are here with pictures of their House in Horinouchi, to prove once more that the Japanese are the true masters of small house design. The home in Horinouchi stands narrow and tall – a 595 square foot contemporary residence located on a narrow triangular lot, in between [...]
Strength in Numbers – 2,450 White/Clear Chair by Junpei Tamaki
“We find strength in numbers”, the saying goes, and this exquisite piece of contemporary seating by Japanese designer Junpei Tamaki proves how true it is. The 2450 white / clear chair is made of 2,450 acrylic sticks. Frail, powerless and quite useless on their own, together they masterfully combine to create a structure that’s [...]
