M4 House – Show Architect
Higashisonogi-gun Nagasaki Japan – Show Architect Year Built: 2013 Site area: 195.15 m2 Building envelope: 120.61 m2 Built area: 135.13 m2 Photography: Blitz STUDIO Toshihisa Ishii A gross site area of just 195 m2 (2,100 sf) would challenge most of us. The client wanted the design to […]
The Pit House
Okayama, Japan – UID Architects Photography by: Koji Fujii/Nacása & Partners Inc. Built: 2011 Site area: 95.41sqm Total floor area: 138.23sqm There can be no doubting that UID ignore just about every conventional constraint of residential design. This home is designed for a family of three and, as is common in Japanese culture most space is shared. […]
Outside In House – Japan
Yamanashi, Japan – Takeshi Hosaka Architects Photography: Koji Fujii Nacasa & Partners Inc Built: 2011 Area: 102m2 (1,100 sq. ft.) Maybe it’s bias and maybe it’s fact, but we consistently find amazing innovation in the work of Japanese architects. Is it a function of the small and often, irregularly shaped lots? Perhaps Japanese […]
Daylight House – looking to the sky
Yokohama Kanagawa JAPAN – Takeshi Hosaka Architects Year: 2012 Built area: 85 m2 (920 sq ft) We think this home is an elegant solution to a common problem in many crowded cities – a bad outlook… in fact, an outright ugly outlook! The lot is surrounded by high density housing so any conventional windows would […]
Amida House – Interesting on many levels
Gotenba, Shizuoka Japan – Kochi Architect’s Studio Built area: 115.5 m2 (1,247 sq. ft.) Year Built: 2011 Photography: Daici Ano This is one of the more ‘out there’ designs we have come across. There are nine distinct levels in this small home. While our initial reaction was muted, our enthusiasm grew as we read […]
Retreating to the Foothills
Yatsugatake Villa – MDS Location: Hokuto-City, Japan Area: 110.01 m2 Built: 2012 The owners of this villa are an older couple who left the city to spend their retirement farming. They wanted a low-maintenance home with maximum energy efficiency. Located in a harsh environment in the foothills of a mountainous region, it was necessary for the house to […]
House in Byobugaura – Takeshi Hosaka Architects
57th and Vivian – Modular, Prefabricated and ‘Net Zero’ Solar
Vancouver Canada – Lanefab Design/Build Lot frontage: 50ft (15 metres) Built area: 1020 sq. ft. (95 m2) including single garage Photography: Dylan Doubt Cities and local governments around the world are struggling with the challenges of urban sprawl. The financial cost of providing roads and transport infrastructure and maintenance is crippling […]
To Work and Back in 60 Seconds…
Hackney, London UK – Edgley Design Area -Studio: 79 m2 (853 sq. ft.) Area – Home: 105 m2 (1,134 sq ft) Year Built: 2011 Like so many cities, London is crowded and expensive. Infill provides opportunity for greater use of space without forcing people to either live in high-density […]
The Hackney Gingerbread House
Hackney London – Laura Dewe Mathews Built: 2012 Area: 80 m2 (864 sq. ft.) It’s always interesting seeing what an architect designs and builds for themselves. In this instance, it’s a one bed, home built on the site of, and using some of the structure of, an old box factory. The […]