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Makoto Furihata
Japanese inn
Saturday, 21 December 2024

Ryouriyado Yamazaki

This is the Onsen Ryokan street on the Echizen coast of Fukui Prefecture facing the sea in Japan. The specialty of this spa town in Hokuriku is the Echizen crab dish. They got consultation from a Japanese inn executive who provide the dish. It was a request to change the RC inn to wooden structure. There were two reasons. One was the RC construction buildings deteriorated by severe sea breeze had ended useful life within 40 years. Another was to build a wooden healing inn and to entertain customers for Echizen cuisine.

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Haobo Wei & Jingsong Xie
Cultural Center
Friday, 20 December 2024

Shui

Located in China in Southern Guizhou Province, Shui Cultural Center is a gateway to Sandu County, the land of the Shui ethnic minority. West-line studio’s goal with this building was to turn the Shui’s ritual elements and atmosphere into a public space. A thin bronze skin creates a contrast with the heavy concrete structure, breaking the sunlight to create a dramatic effect once inside. After visitors pass the open water square the Cultural Center presents a succession of three spaces, strongly characterized by pitched roofs, which evoke the Shui’s mountain pictogram.

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Junghee Lee
Commercial Cafe
Thursday, 19 December 2024

Daebong-dong Commercial Skip Floor

Junghee Lee tried to divide a large floor space into several small spaces. For this purpose, the architect set the basic direction as a skip floor, and it is a two-story building, but it actually became a space of four floors up to the outside deck on the roof. On the same floor, exposed concrete wall was exposed in the middle and divided it into two parts again. The floor and ceiling finish produces contrasting effects. in addition, by installing a skylight, natural light enters the room during the daytime.

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Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato
Residence
Wednesday, 18 December 2024

The House for Contemporary Art

This home was designed for an art appreciator and amateur artist who wanted a “house like an art museum”. Planned with careful consideration for air circulation as well as for the harsh, snowy climate of the Japan Sea coast, the structure is composed of white boxes of varying scale that frame spaces like pictures. One of the main concepts is 'Seamless Spatial Composition'. You can circulate through the spaces in this home looking at the owner’s collection of artwork just as if you were passing through galleries in a museum.

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Evolution Design
Holiday cottage
Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Chapel on the Hill

After standing derelict for more than 40 years, a dilapidated Methodist chapel in the north of England has been transformed into a self-catering holiday home for 7 people. The architects have retained the original characteristics – the tall Gothic windows and the main congregation hall – turning the chapel into a harmonious and comfortable space flooded with daylight. This 19th century building is located in a rural English countryside offering panoramic views to the rolling hills and the beautiful countryside.

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Evolution Design
Sports Center
Monday, 16 December 2024

Neumatt

Neumatt is not one of the many standard sports centers in Switzerland. Inside, it is a true color burst of green, yellow, red and blue. These rainbow-like colors not only help children to navigate around, but it’s also more playful and taps into the way children see the world. By designing a bright sports hall flooded with daylight, the architects wanted to encourage people to spend more time doing sports and truly enjoy being there. Outside, the facade has been designed to blend in, with an upper glazed level that reflects the sky and changes the color depending on the time of day.

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