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Cultural Center in Guadalajara Competition Entry / K+P Architects

‘Ito Jakuchu Inspired’ Pavilion 2nd Prize Winning Proposal / Đordje Alfirević and Sanja Simonović

The competition for the ‘Ito Jakuchu Inspire’ pavilion is focused on the great celebration throughout the world of Ito Jakuchu’s work, a milestone in Japanese art history. Taking on a symbolic meaning, the competition effectively corresponds to a cultural phase of our existence. Designed by architects Đordje Alfirević and Sanja Simonović, this second prize winning [...]

‘Thinking of Shadow’ Workshop by Satoshi Okada

Taking place October 18-23 at Ajman University of Science & Technology, UAE, Japanese Architect, Satoshi Okada, will be putting on an architectural workshop titled, ‘Thinking of Shadow’. As the founder of Satoshi Okada Architects, Okada is known for his simplicity with sublimity even in warmhearted spaces for human activities and even spirituality in rich materiality [...]

‘Thinking of Shadow’ Workshop by Satoshi Okada

Taking place October 18-23 at Ajman University of Science & Technology, UAE, Japanese Architect, Satoshi Okada, will be putting on an architectural workshop titled, ‘Thinking of Shadow’. As the founder of Satoshi Okada Architects, Okada is known for his simplicity with sublimity even in warmhearted spaces for human activities and even spirituality in rich materiality [...]

Grab It by the Handle and Move It Anywhere You Want: Carry-On Stool

Imagine having your house filled with furniture elements that you can simply grab individually by a handle and carry them from place to place. Scandinavian designer and architect Mattias Sternberg from Studio Vision A&D came up with this original design idea and applied it in creating the Carry-On Stool. You may argument that by nature, [...]

Grab It by the Handle and Move It Anywhere You Want: Carry-On Stool

Imagine having your house filled with furniture elements that you can simply grab individually by a handle and carry them from place to place. Scandinavian designer and architect Mattias Sternberg from Studio Vision A&D came up with this original design idea and applied it in creating the Carry-On Stool. You may argument that by nature, [...]

Theatre Agora / UNStudio

© Christian Richters Architects: UNStudio in collaboration with B + M, Den Haag Location: Lelystad, The Netherlands Project year: 2005-2007 Photographs: Christian Richters, Iwan Baan

Silver Shack / Chae Pereira Architects

© Chae Pereira Architects Check out Korea-based  Chae Pereira Architects‘ latest residential project situated in the crowded urban neighborhood of Sangsu.  The neighborhood, which is crowded by slum houses weaving around little alleys, provides a “stimulating landscape both socially and physically” which the architects took aspects of the existing houses to inform their design strategy. [...]

Book Review: After the Crash

After the Crash: Architecture in Post-Bubble Japan (2008) by Thomas DaniellPrinceton Architectural PressPaperback, 192 pages Architect Thomas Daniell moved to Japan in the early 1990\’s, as the country\’s \”economy began a leisurely avalanche into now what is known as the Lost Decade.\” From 1995 (the year of both the Kobe earthquake and the Tokyo gas [...]