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Architects: Happenstance Collective [HaCo]
- Area: 180 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: ENDO Lighting Corporation, Tetsuya Japan
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Professionals: On&Off
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UPI Shop in Omotesando / Happenstance Collective [HaCo]
Metsä Pavilion / Helin & Co Architects
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Architects: Helin & Co Architects
- Area: 520 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Metsa Woods
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Professionals: A-Insinöörit, Ulla Koskinen
Kengo Kuma Designs Children's Literature Museum in Tokyo
Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed the Edogawa City Eiko Kadono Children's Literature Museum (tentative name), a new cultural venue where the young can experience the imaginary world envisioned by acclaimed Japanese children book author Eiko Kadono. Located on the banks of the Edogawa river and within the natural setting of Nagisa Park in Tokyo, the project features an array of volumes following the hill's slope and an overhanging roof that expands towards the landscape.
"I Am Always Inside the Architecture that I Design": In Conversation with Toyo Ito
Examining the work of Tokyo architect Toyo Ito (b. 1941) – particularly his now seminal Sendai Mediatheque (1995-2001), Serpentine Gallery (London, 2002, with Cecil Balmond), TOD's Omotesando Building (Tokyo, 2004), Tama Art University Library (Tokyo, 2007), and National Taichung Theater (2009-16) – will immediately become apparent these buildings’ structural innovations and spatial, non-hierarchical organizations. Although these structures all seem to be quite diverse, there is one unifying theme – the architect’s consistent commitment to erasing fixed boundaries between inside and outside and relaxing spatial divisions between various programs within. There is continuity in how these buildings are explored. They are conceived as systems rather than objects and they never really end; one could imagine their formations and patterns to continue to evolve and expand pretty much endlessly.
Kokage-gumo Pavilion / junya ishigami + associates
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Architects: junya ishigami + associates
- Year: 2021
SHAREtenjincho / Spatial Design Studio + A Studio + Tailand
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Architects: A Studio, Spatial Design Studio, Tailand
- Area: 435 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Ohno JAPAN
Renowned Japanese Architects and Artists Create A Series of Pavilions in Tokyo in Celebration of the Olympics
Accompanying the ongoing Olympics, Pavilion Tokyo 2021 invited Japanese architects and artists, including Kazuyo Sejima, Sou Fujimoto, Junya Ishigami and Yayoi Kusama, to envision nine temporary structures to be placed in various locations around the National Stadium designed by Kengo Kuma. The initiative showcases experimental interventions within the urban landscape that illustrate a playful take on public space. Also participating in the project are Terunobu Fujimori, Akihisa Hirata, Teppei Fujiwara, as well as artists Makoto Aida and Daito Manabe + Rhizomatiks.
Weather House / n o t architects studio
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Architects: n o t architects studio
- Area: 165 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: Kinoshita Structural Engineers
N House / moss.
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Architects: moss.
- Area: 55 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Slaptone inc., plots inc.
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Professionals: TATSU Planning, DESIGN STUDIO pintto
Tokyo Penthouse / G architects studio
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Architects: G architects studio
- Area: 93 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Daikin, FONTE TRADING, FUJIOH, ModuleX, Toto
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Professionals: neufurniture works
World's Most Liveable Cities in 2021: Auckland in New Zealand Tops the Ranking
Auckland in New Zealand has topped the ranking in the 2021 EIU's annual world's most liveable city survey. Classifying 140 cities across five categories including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, this year’s edition of the review has been highly affected by the global pandemic. Australia, Japan, and New Zealand took leading positions, while European and Canadian cities fell down the ranking.
House in Kamiikebukuro / UmbreArchitects
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Architects: UmbreArchitects
- Area: 76 m²
- Year: 2019
Hybrid Oku / tatta architects
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Architects: tatta architects
- Area: 449 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: IOC Flooring, LIXIL , Okikura Sawmill, Sanwa, TOKYOKOEI
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Professionals: KAWATA Tomonori Structural Engineers Co.Ltd, Tomoaki Masukawa, Tsugihisa Narita
Todoroki House in Valley / Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects
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Architects: Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects
- Area: 188 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen, Grohe, MORTEX, ModuleX, Nemo Lighting, +2
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Professionals: Eiko Construction, yasuhirokaneda STRUCTURE
Nakagin Capsule Tower Could Face Demolition
One of the most iconic examples of Metabolist architecture, Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower, might be headed for demolition, as the building was sold by the management association to the landowner earlier this year, as reported by Japan Forward. The tower's demise has been intensely speculated in recent years due to the structure's precarious state and incompatibility with current seismic standards.