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House KN by Kochi Architects Studio Kanagawa, Japan.

Tokyo based firm Kochi architects studio completed this house that is located in the suburban prefecture of Kanagawa, Japan.

It’s design began with a box that was sliced to create a large void, allowing the garden to be enveloped by the house. An outdoor patio on the second floor is also strategically placed to make use of this unique slice. Kochi architects interestingly solved the problem of privacy in closely build colony of houses. The patio is opened and at the same time saved from eyes from surroundings.

Kochi architects studio is a Tokyo based firm which works on a variety of architectural projects from residences to stores, as well as furniture and lighting products.

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Azahar Group Headquarters by OAB, Castellon, Spain

The interior ceiling design of the office reflects the exterior geometric qualities of the of the roof while integrated skylights provide natural daylight in to office and hallway spaces.

Office of Architecture in Barcelona completed these headquarters for the Azahar Group of Castellon. The Azahar Group of Castellon wanted to construct a headquarters that reflected its philosophy and commitment to green development and sustainability.

The Azahar group works to develop environmental logistics in third world countries. This includes waste treatment, recycling, gardening/farming design and environmental consultancy. These headquarters were designed to reflect those efforts, including green design elements and a visual inspiration from the mountainous Castellon landscape.

The angular, asymmetric roof pattern continues the backdrop of the mountains behind it, but also acts as a force for runoff water that is collected and recycled to maintain the greenery of the lot.

Photographs by Alejo Bague

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Nottingham Contemporary by Caruso St John Architects, Nottingham, UK

Our project for Nottingham Contemporary sets out to offer a wide inventory of interiors that have the variety and specificity of found spaces, within a new building.

London based practice Caruso St John Architects have completed this art centre in Nottingham, UK. Caruso St John got selected to design Nottingham’s new Centre for Contemporary Art through an international competition in 2004. Caruso St. John Architects found their inspiration in the artists’ spaces in down- town New York during the 1960s.

The site for the new building is in a part of central Nottingham called the Lace Market, whose history and built form has parallels with the cast iron district of New York, giving the Centre a loose cultural connection to its site. In our design, we set out to offer a wide range of interiors that will have the variety and specificity of the found spaces of a factory or warehouse, within a new building: rooms that will challenge the installation and production of contemporary art and offer new ways for performers and audiences to interact.

The exterior of the Centre takes its inspiration from the amazing 19th century buildings of Nottingham, and in particular, from the impressive façades of the Lace Market.

The project has recently selected won the RIBA regional awards 2010.

Photographes are made by Helene Binet
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Hover House by Naf architect & design, Hiroshima, Japan

NAF Architect & design, completed this country with an immense deck surrounded by rice fields and forest in the city Hiroshima, Japan.

Rice fields surround the site, with natural riches around such as a national park, a pond of Junsai -a kind of waterweeds threatened with extinction- and bamboo trees. Stretching out east and west, the site bends like a Japanese character ‘く’ with its corner facing north.

Roads are on both northwest and south sides; the former is higher than the latter by 1 to 1.5 meters. Not to mention the natural environment, to take advantage of the height differences is the key to enhance the potential of this building.

For the fear of water damage caused by the rice fields and ponds around here after rain, the main approach of this building was taken from the higher road. The entire building, which has a widespread deck terrace, is held up altogether to 1.3 meters from ground level by using steal skeletons, and thus, under-floor-space can be used as open space like a pilotis. Since the ground always has a lot of moisture, it is best to get cross breeze in the space. The use of a lifted concrete base makes ventilation even better.

Photographs are made by Noriyuki Yano / Nacasa & Partners

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PISOPISO by Atelier RYO ABE, Kashiwa , Chiba, Japan

Architects Atelier RYO ABE completed this interior for a private house in Kashiwa , Chiba, Japan. Pictures via Aberyo.

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Eva Fashion Store by Volido, New York

The combination of the spatial-anorexia, emphasized with the narrowness of the perspective, and the transparency of the full operable clear panel glass facade, swallow the eyes of the passerby.

New York studio Volido have completed the interiors for a fashion store in New York that’s intended to look like a fashion runway. Called Eva Fashion Store, the store claims to be the most exclusive home for emerging international fashion designers in New York.

Project description by Volido:

Once upon a time, in an old Chinese Grocery store in the lower Manhattan, Max Sanjulian, principal of Volido, designed what claims to be the most exclusive home for emerging international fashion designers in New York. Viviane Westwood Anglomania, Henrik Vibskov, C.Neon and TV among others in its racks… the space is EVA.

Volido, running away from the traditional approach to fashion-retail space, choose Fast, Cheap and Smart as positive qualities inherent to the best contemporary designs. With the Fashion Industry, highly monopolized by corporates, this attitude seems to be the way to go in order to survive independently in places like Manhattan, Tokyo, London or Paris.

The Fluorescent tube-lit hybrid space is now conceived to combine fashion sales, temporary art exhibits and events in a very long and narrow lot. Economy of movements with long and straight lines are framing the clothing and articulating the indoor seating areas at the same time.

The combination of the spatial-anorexia, emphasized with the narrowness of the perspective, and the transparency of the full operable clear panel glass facade, swallow the eyes of the passerby. The store front emphasizes this effect with the dissolution of the limits between interior and exterior offering an outdoor-indoor-seating-stage area that has already become a hang out point for the regular downtown fashionistas.

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Salt Museum by Malcotti Roussey Architectes + Thierry Gheza, France

Use of steel is a reference to the other building, overlooking the river and built to contain a casino, restaurant and auditorium on the site of another old salt works which was destroyed in the Second World War.

Malcotti Roussey Architectes + Thierry Gheza completed this museum in the French city Salins-les-Bain.

Closed since 1962, the salt works in Salins-les-Bain have been an important productive site since the middle ages right in the centre of the French city in the Franche Comté. When the competition for restoration of the salt works was announced in 2006, the city authorities had already set the goal of transforming it into a monument to the history of local production with the aim of restoring its original central importance, not only symbolically but in the city’s urban layout: recently made a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the site is intended not so much as a museum of salt but an open-air museum of local history. This is why Malcotti-Roussey and Gheza’s project indissolubly links the goal of protecting the salt warehouses with the goal of revealing their symbolic importance for the city, which translates into a restoration to preserve the complex’s original architecture with declared modern additions. More information, click here

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La Llotja Theatre and Conference Centre by Mecanoo Architecten, Ileida, Spain

Regarded from the large scale of the region, the building forms a link between the river and the mountain. Viewed from the urban scale, La Llotja and the river form a balanced composition. At street level the cantilevers of La Llotja de Lleidatheater and conference centre provide protection from sun and rain.

Dutch architects Mecanoo have designed this stone-clad theatre and congress centre in Ileida, Spain. Called La Llotja de Lleida, the building has a band of glazing at its widest point and a roof garden planted with creeping plants.

The mountain with the historical cathedral Seu Vella and the Segre river mark the high and low points of the mountainous landscape in which Lleida lies, after Barcelona the second city of Catalonia. On the banks of the Segre, somewhat outside the centre of the city, is coming La Llotja, a large conference centre with a theatre. Mecanoo has interpreted the landscape of Lleida as an exciting decor before which the building has been set down somewhat away from the river. The mise-en-scène is elaborated on three levels of scale. Regarded at the large scale of the region, the building represents a connecting link between the river and the mountain. Viewed at the level of the city, La Llotja and the river forms a balanced composition. At street level the cantilevers of the La Llotja de Lleida conference centre provide protection from sun and rain. More information, please click here..

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Double 00 09 Boutique by Koichi Futatsumata /CASE-REAL, Fukuoka, Japan

“One big curve expands obliquely into the inside considering the view from a street in front and the movement line and another gentle curve of the ceiling links in three dimensions.”

Koichi Futatsumata of CASE REAL designed this boutique that is located in Fukuoka, Japan. The store was designed for the Japanse retailer Alohanine and features a very minimalist and clean interior.

First, I analyzed the given environment (the arrangement of the construction to the front street and the site). Then, I thought that the space construction should be intelligent, mysterious and deep to lead the movement lines into the store, with a glance of people who pass the street would be naturally drawn to the store. Therefore, I used these two curves together, one is the wall curve expanding from the outside and the other one is the ceiling curve like a cave. Then I studied deliberately how to tie and organize these shapes.

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Carysfort Road residence by ODOS architects, Dalkey, Ireland

A beautiful execution of balance, function and comfort shapes the extension into a beautiful retreat from work.

This mid-terrace house in Ireland has been extensively refurbished into a contemporary live/work space by ODOS Architects. The new structure was conceived as a simple form which connects at ground level with the existing house.

The tight site and strict planning constraints defined the form of the new extension from an early stage. In order to stop the new addition being visible above the roof line of the house, the new extension is partially sunken.

The ground floor rear elevation is completely open to provide a full height glazed connection to the courtyard.

Above this new living space is an office mezzanine with a glazed south-facing wall, providing clerestory lighting to the ground floor. Black terrazzo flooring has been used throughout, which contrasts with the white walls and ceilings.