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Kenzo Tange’s Demolition-Bound ‘Boat Gym’ in Takamatsu City, Japan, Is Spared from the Wrecking Ball for Now
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (535+ words) Architectural Record Kenzo Tange’s Demolition-Bound ‘Boat Gym’ in Takamatsu City, Japan, Is Spared from the Wrecking Ball for Now Apparently, the United States isn’t the only country whose government has a rogue construction agenda. Disregarding public opinion, Japan’s Kagawa Prefectural…...
Mounting Techniques: The Masters of Refined Presentation and Rejuvenation - Core Kyoto | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1788+ words) Paintings and calligraphy are often mounted on sliding doors and scrolls. Artisans consider the story behind each piece and the client's wishes to best showcase the artwork. An artist pushes herself to meet a deadline. But the painting will not…...
A Pasadena Bank’s Tile Mural Anchors The Huntington’s First Doyle Lane Retrospective
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (349+ words) The Huntington opens “Doyle Lane: Master of Clay” on Sept. 13, and what the museum calls its first major museum retrospective of the Los Angeles ceramic artist reaches directly into Pasadena and Altadena. More than 100 works trace Lane’s path from small…...
How a ¥900,000 Danchi Became Home to an Adult Museum
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (513+ words) How a ¥900,000 Abandoned Danchi Became Home to Bars, Hobby Rooms and an Adult Museum Tokyo Weekender How a ¥900,000 Abandoned Danchi Became Home to Bars, Hobby Rooms and an Adult Museum All 34 apartments were snapped up within three months, and inquiries…...
VIDEO: Peruse former aristocrat’s home, folk museum in Tokyo’s quiet Komaba district
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (387+ words) As you walk through Komaba’s quiet, tree-lined residential streets, it’s hard to imagine that this area in southwestern Tokyo was once where Edo Era shoguns would hunt wild game with their tamed hawks perched upon their arm. Today, the shoguns…...
COOL OFF AT SCANDINAVIAN HOME IN THE TAFT MUSEUM
1+ week, 2+ day ago (179+ words) Last week my editor suggested that I DO some stories with “cool ideas" for summer. So, last week I went to see CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at La Comedia Dinner Theatre, and this week, I went on a field…...
voids and vertical space reinterpret traditional japanese machiya on a compact site in tokyo
1+ week, 2+ day ago (124+ words) Located on a compact 33 sqm site in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, this four-story wooden residence reinterprets the traditional Japanese machiya as a vertical dwelling. Designed by Takumi Wakui + Riho Wakui Architects as a home for an architect couple, the project examines how…...
Thousands of Volunteers Pull a 400-Ton Castle in Japan Back to Its Original Site
1+ week, 5+ day ago (179+ words) Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years,…...
Cross House, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
1+ week, 6+ day ago (302+ words) Architect / Practice: Yosuke Tomiya Architectural Design Cross House is a two-family residence built on a compact, irregularly shaped site in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Surrounded on three sides by roads and retaining walls, the house was designed to balance privacy with openness…...
takaaki fuji + yuko fuji builds japanese home to be dismantled and moved with its residents
2+ week, 4+ day ago (109+ words) images © Takuya Seki the Circularity Cabin is designed to relocate with its residents once a planned road expansion reaches the site standard timber from Japanese home centers forms the two-story structure removable sawara cypress boards extend the reversible construction system…...