The Jewels of Aoyama in Tokyo, Japan

Designed by Jun Mitsui & Associates Inc. Architects, The Jewels of Aoyama is located in Tokyo, Japan. The corner building, surrounded by its larger neighbours, is set off as a centrepiece and creates a very strong identity for the complex as a whole and for the Minami Aoyama area as well. The different appearance of [...]

Tags: Japan, Tokyo

Nebuta-no-ie Warrase add a shot of colour in Aomori, Japan

Located in Aomori, Japan, Nebuta-no-ie Warrase add a shot of colour  was designed by molo design d&dt, Arch (Yasuo Nakata); Frank la Rivière Architects Inc (Frank la Rivière) . A curious characteristic of civic building Nebuta-no-ie Warrase in Aomori is that its complete form can only be viewed in its entirety from the adjacent waterfront. [...]

Tags: Ainu, Aomori, Aomori Aomori, Aomori Nebuta Matsuri, Aomori Prefecture, Geography of Japan, Japan

Sumikiri-House designed around relationships with the neighbouring community in Amagasaki-City, Japan

Sumikiri-House designed around relationships with the neighbouring community that located in Amagasaki-City, Japan, was designed by y+M design office Co.Ltd. The house is located in a residential area where there are old-style tenement houses in Amagasaki-city, Hyogo-prefecture, Japan. Around there the width of road is narrow (about 4 metres) and houses are densely situated with [...]

Tags: Amagasaki Hy?go, Amagasaki-City, corner site, Hy?go, Hyogo-prefecture, Japan, y+M

House O, centred around the kitchen offers flexibility and functionality in Nasu-Shiobara, Japan

The House O, centred around the kitchen offers flexibility and functionality designed by RYUICHI SASAKI + KAZUYA NISHIMURA is located in Nasu-Shiobara, Japan.  House O is a house for a couple expecting children, located in the countryside with an hour bullet train ride to the metropolitan. Its flat, 3,000 sq m premise surrounded by a [...]

Tags: Area, House O, Japan, KAZUYA NISHIMURA, Kitchen, Kitchen Centre, Nasu-Shiobara, RYUICHI SASAKI

The Library of the Shikoku Gakuin University in Zentsuji, Japan

The Library of the Shikoku Gakuin University designed by Showa Sekkei,Inc is located in Zentsuji, Japan. The campus is surrounded by the mountain range of the region. Because it is the only university in the city, the Library of the Shikoku Gakuin University cooperates with the City Library, sharing books, publications, materials, interlibrary computer system [...]

Tags: City Library, Education, Japan, Library, Shikoku, Shikoku Gakuin University, Showa Sekkei Inc, The Library, Zents?ji Kagawa, Zentsuji