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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Palmwood House
London U.K. – Undercurrent Architects Area: Wandsworth Year Built: 2007 – 2008 Photography: David Butler Older cities are littered with remnant spaces, abandoned workshops and other derelict sites. These sites are often outside of current site regulations and development guidelines. They often become dumping grounds for rubbish and sometimes, the homeless. Undercurrent Architects has been […]
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. […]
The Nest
Onomichi City, Hiroshima Japan – UID Architects Lot size: 362 m2 (3,909 sq. ft.) Built area: 121 m2 (1,306 sq. ft.) Photography by: Hiroshi Ueda It is always wonderful to see a truly unique design. Even the name, ‘The Nest’ is so appropriate. If you look closely, you will see that there are […]
Y7 House floats on a mountain
Nagasaki Japan – Show Architect Site area: 284 m2 (3,067 sq. ft.) Building envelope: 95.5 m2 (1,031 sq. ft.) Built area: 89.4 m2 (966 sq. ft.) Photography: Blitz STUDIO Toshihisa Ishii This timber home sits on the side of a mountain offering panaoramic views over Omura Bay. […]
Koya No Sumika
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan – mA-style Architects Built area: 77.8 sqm (840 sq. ft.) Year built: 2013 Photography: Kai Nakamura When two adult families share a home, stresses inevitably arise. The Japanese are masters at respecting privacy. Traditional homes have – quite literally, paper-thin walls or screens called shoji. Even modern Japanese homes […]
Paihia Retreat – Hanging From a Portal Frame
Paihia Bay of Island NZ – André Hodgskin / Architex NZ Type: Modular/Prefabricated Built area: 100m2 Year: 2004 Designed for a bachelor, the home sits on 10 acres of beautiful indigenous bush overlooking the Bay of Islands. Only the house site has been cleared and the views are through dense black ti-tree. […]
HABODE
Anywhere you choose – Rod Gibson/Habode Built Area: 80 m2 + decks (864 sq.ft. + decks) The New Zealand built HABODE can be shipped anywhere in the world, trucked to site, ‘unfolded’ and be habitable in just two days. It is designed and built to withstand extreme weather conditions and meets and exceeds […]