The Itoman Gyomin Shokudo, located in Itoman, Okinawa was conceived with the aim of supporting and promoting the local tradition and culture through its cuisine. Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop of Tokyo designed the Itoman Gyomin Shokudo Restaurant in the style of gusuku or castle, using Ryukyu limestone and coral limestone. The restaurant was constructed as part of […]
RICCA is a bar recently completed by Ryohei Kanda from Roito Studio in Ginza, Tokyo. This project is inspired by Hanami, a Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers (cherry blossom front). Description by Ryohei Kanda: I created this design to make everyone feel Japanese aesthetic sense. In Japan, there is cultural event is known
Project: Comfy House Architects: ALTS Design Office Location: Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Creative/Design/Art Director: Sumiou Mizumoto Area 105.57 sqm Photographs: Yuta Yamada The house was built in the newly-developed subdivision surrounding new housing. The project was recently completed by Alts Design Office. While planning a design with client many times, we hit upon a keyword:
On the east side of Uruma-city, Okinawa, the site is situated on the hill which is 500m away from the ocean. Panoramic ocean view can be seen on the east side of the site. When standing at the site, we conceived that we had to create an architecture optimizing the beautiful location overlooking the sea. To
Uji House was completed in 2016 by Japanese studio ALTS design office. This house is located in a housing estate of Uji city and surrounded with old houses which have been rebuilding.
Leading the world in community-driven hospitality business, Airbnb is creating a new narrative with Nara Prefecture’s Yoshino town through House Vision.
Node House is a single family home designed by UID Architects in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan. Description by UID Architects: On the south side of the site there is a rich forest where animals and plans reside and on the back north side where hilly land was developed into a residential area in a tiered platform.
Painterly Spectrum Resin by Taeg Nishimoto is a table lamp that brings colors and their associations into a space as an object. It is made of epoxy resin cast on the surface of parchment paper on which different color strokes are applied beforehand using latex paint, evoking the image of distant sky, water or landscape.
