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Category: Architecture
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Make Mine Micro
I love these little micro-homes (a bit like the Muji+Infill Ki no Ie). From Boing Boing: These “Micro-Compact Homes” were designed at the Technical University of Munich and the Tokyo Institute of Technoloogy, inspired by the highly designed compact spaces in first-class airplane cabins and Smart cars. They are lightweight, transportable, and cost a mere…
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Covering Ando
The following site is loaded with photographs of various Tadao Ando-designed buildings, taken by Sanghyun Lee.
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GA International 2005
Last week to catch the “GA International 2005,” featuring a who’s who of world-renown architects. GA International provides an outlook on upcoming trends in contemporary architecture. In this exhibition, the latest projects of 5 Japanese and 13 non-Japanese cutting-edge architects will be introduced. (TAB) It’s at the GA Gallery until July 31.
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Looking Up
That same alley from yesterday, but this time looking up.
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Alley
As I was walking around Ginza the other day, I found this neat little alley, just after the Itoya stationary shop (if you’re coming from Matsuya).
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21/21 Design Sight
Dezain.net reports news of the new Tokyo Mid-town Project produced 21/21 Design Sight (pictured above), to be built in Roppongi. It’s to be directed by Issey Miyake, Taku Sato, and Naoto Fukasawa, with a building-design by Tadao Ando. Update (16/09/04): The photo is no longer available.