3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (248+ words) the neighborhood is characterized by temples, apartment buildings, and small parks | all images ©Daici Ano rough textured bricks form the lower volume, while the upper volume is wrapped in a lattice of GRC heavily textured bricks custom-made in Hekinan, Aichi…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (319+ words) atelier bonnet architectes’ two-level cabin at the Jan Michalski Foundation | image by Leo Fabrizio wrapped in a steel and glass web | image by Leo Fabrizio Jean-Gilles Décosterd’s writer’s cabin | image by Leo Fabrizio steel panels carry a line from Henry…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (100+ words) all images courtesy of Alaïa Continuing Alaïa’s connection with contemporary art, the Shanghai boutique presents Things I Couldn’t Forget – Nose Ornament, Quimbaya, Colombia (2019) by Chinese artist Guan Xiao. The sculpture combines dyed fiberglass, spiral wire, stainless steel tube, and industrial…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (354+ words) Set on a hill within the rural landscape of Kobe, Japan, Tsukumo Kiln by Dept. + OAAA is a ceramic studio surrounded by fields and mountains. Conceived as a working space for ceramic production, the 80.32-sqm building responds to its open…...

2+ week, 3+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (257+ words) Designboom keep up with our daily & weekly stories Jae K Kim revisits lost Timbercraft of East Asia At a moment when timber is once again reshaping global architectural practice, Timbercraft: Lost Tectonics from East Asia revisits the enduring legacy of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (84+ words) chair 1 | images courtesy of Takuto Ohta a closer look at the log x furniture pieces details from Takuto Ohta’s log x series log x on view at SKWAT in tokyo Takuto Ohta experiments with the cedar logs during the making…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (125+ words) all images courtesy of Opposite Office the one-square-meter workspace sits among the trees the compact office accommodates two to three architects the temporary structure occupies the Bauhaus campus in Weimar a closer look at the compact treehouse office the treehouse…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (222+ words) all images by Anna Odulinska Celadon-colored surfaces interrupt the timber in selected areas, adding depth and a slightly unexpected softness to the palette. Together with the generous connection to the garden, these muted green tones allow the interiors to pick…...