Toyo Ito (born 1941), the 2013 Pritzker Prize laureate, is Japan’s great architect of lightness — his Sendai Mediatheque (2001) replaced columns with swaying tubes of steel lattice and changed…
oxer-turned-Architect Tadao Ando won the Pritzker Prize in 1995. While he is among The Greats for several reasons, one that sets him apart from most is that he took no…
This house is located in a quiet residential area in Akashi city, consisting of single story with three courtyards The structure is divided into 3 areas, and each area has…
Spiral Garden is a residential project dedicated to a family of four, residing on the slope of Awaji Island, Japan. The design studies temperate nature of the Island, as well…
Project outline Location : Roseo Mito Shopping Mall, Mito, Ibaragi Prefecture, JAPAN Area : 459 m2 Open : November 1st 2014 “Mama smile” is an indoor playground facility for families…
This residential building that is for a family of 4, locates in Munakata-city, Fukuoka. While the area around the site used to be a tranquil country side, it was gradually…
The second floor part of this house is placed obliquely on the first floor part. The blank space made there gives luxury to space. The stairs climbing the space obliquely…
A small wood structure house with an office floor on the ground level, standing on a standing on a 49.5sqm building area within the 100 sqm site. To take in sunlight,…
This time I planned an island located in the east of Fujian Province of Mainland China, Taiwan Main Island on the site. Taiwan has a land of 35,980 kilometers, with…
The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa is a museum of contemporary art located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Architect: Sanaa Project Locatin: Japan The museum was designed by Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the architectural office SANAA in 2004. In October…
Shi-An is a movable tea house constructed for the Japanese Culture EXPO 2016 at the Daidokoro in Nijo-Jo Castle UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto Japan. Nijo-Jo Castle is known as…
Second Award | RTFA 2017 Awards Category: Mixed Use (Concept) Studio Name: Frontoffice Tokyo Team Members: Will Galloway Koen Klinkers Christopher Sjoberg Country: Japan If you’ve missed participating in this award, don’t worry. RTF’s next series of…