Texas Hill House in Craryville, New York, United States

Texas Hill House designed by Incorporated, located in Craryville, New York, United States is a portrait of the clients’ disparate working and traveling experiences; developed as a retreat from the demands of urban life. One born and bred in New York and the other a Costa Rican national of Asian descent, both brought varying aesthetic traditions to bear. Machiya, a Japanese urban and suburban housing... 

Tags: Aesthetics, Architecture, Culture, Japanese architecture, landscape architecture, Machiya, New York, New York City, Texas Hill, United States, vernacular architecture

Pitched Roof House in Karuizawa, Japan

Located in Karuizawa, Japan, Pitched Roof House was designed by TEZUKA ARCHITECTS. This is a house with an extremely simple pitched roof. Only 40 percent of the space under the roof is enclosed as the internal space. The vastly cantilevered roof edge provides exclusive column-less space extending out to the very Japanese landscape. The main theme of the house is the space under the eave. The existence... 

Tags: Architecture, Civil engineering, Disaster/Accident, Earthquake engineering, Eaves, Environment, Japan, Japanese architecture, Karuizawa, Pitched roof, Roof, Roofs, Structural engineering, Structural system, Tensile architecture

Light Well House by Keiichi Hayashi Architect, Japan

Designed by Keiichi Hayashi Architect, Light Well House is the contemporary Japanese house design that located in Kyoto, Japan. The site of the Japanese home design is located on the end of a narrow lane, and is surrounded by retaining walls of adjacent sites which are raised on north and east side. Therefore, the house design which stands on such sunken site has many light wells which are randomly... 

Tags: Buddhist pilgrimage, contemporary house design, house design, Housing in Japan, Japan, Japan house design, Japanese architecture, Japanese home design, Kyoto, Storey, sunken site, Tube, Water well