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Category: Architecture
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Keiji Ashizawa’s 2 Courts House
I mentioned Keiji Ashizawa’s 2 Courts House in Shirogane a while back, when he had posted a few photos on his site, and now comes an entire gallery of the finished home. Yes, I could definitely see myself living there. Keiji has also updated the English side of his site.
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SANAA Houses
Actar previews the upcoming SANAA HOUSES book. Sanaa’s housing projects, both finished (House A, S House, House in a Plum Grove, Small House and Moriyama House), and unfinished projects (Flower House, Garden & House, Seijo Apartments, Ichikawa Apartments, House in China and Eda Apartments). SANAA’s architecture embraces complexities within deceptively simple appearances. It has many…
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Terunobu Fujimori at Tokyo Opera City
[Insert in personal agenda] In need of seeing before July 1: “Architecture of Terunobu Fujimori and ROJO” at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. It would seem others have enjoyed it.
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This Week at Gridskipper
Nakagin Capsule Tower Kansai Art Beat You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).
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The Many Views of the Nakagin Capsule Tower
Tokyo-based architect Steve Lidbury sends in this great montage of the Nakagin Capsule Tower. Catch it now before it’s gone!
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Nakagin Capsule Tower No More
I’m usually fine with Tokyo’s chaotic path of renewal, but this is sad. Kisho Kurokawa’s iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower is scheduled to be demolished and replaced by a new 14-story tower. The Metabolist capsule building consists of 140 units attached to a central core, articulating the ideology behind the Metabolist movement of the 1960s and…
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Shigeru Ban’s Artek Pavilion
MONOCLE has a video up that takes a look at Shigeru Ban’s Artek pavilion, from the recent Milano Salone.