Architect: Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect and Associates
Structural Engineer: Kozo Sekkei Kobo
Contractor: Nakagame Construction
Photographs:Takeshi Taira
Site Area: 281.34m2
Building Area: 84.61m2
Project Starts: October 1998
Project Completed: December 1999
Structure: Reinforced Concrete, 3 stories and 1 basement
Description
The site sits on top of the hill consisted of mixture of old and new residential neighborhood. From the site one will find the rows of cherry trees planted in the adjacent school on the north east side.
Our design approach was to establish the relationship between the house and the surrounding greeneries which becomes valuable elements especially in the contemporary urbanized …

Location: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
Architects: Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates
Engineers: Kanebako structural engineers
General contractor: Prolog
Completion date: September, 2007
Photographs: K.Torimura

Japanese architects Kiyonobu Nakagame have updated their website, showing work including House in Sendai-Kasumi. The house, overlooking the city of Sendai, was completed in September last year.

The house sits on the hill top that overlooks the city of Sendai, situated within the area called Yakiyama offering magnificent views of cliffs that rise from the Hirose River running at the bottom.

The site has an elongated configuration in a North/South orientation, adjoined by existing houses on …

Japanese architects Akiyoshi Takagi, Yuji Nakae and Hirofumi Ohno have collaborated on NE Apartments, a block of eight apartments for motorcycle enthusiasts in Tokyo.

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With the possible exception of the woodblock print, no other aspect of Japanese culture has been so widely embraced outside Japan as the traditional Japanese home. Interior decorators, architects, and homeowners from the West have been borrowing from Japanese architecture since Frank Lloyd Wright, yet the fundamentals of the Japanese abode remain something of a mystery. What is the age-old sensibility behind it? Why do luminaries in the field hold it up as one of mankind’s most successful blends of function, tradition, and nature? Atsushi Ueda ably answers these …

Have you ever see this cool house design before..?? yup this is a Soccer ball-shaped House which also called ” Barier ” by the Japanese designer. Availabe with several selection module from L,M size, S,S2 size to 3S,3SL size that will fits with your unique shop, Kitchen, toilet, bathroom, kids room, your private office, or your second homes.

Its a nice house concept that have a strong / compact design dealing with disaster ( earthquake or flood ), easy to move ( movable design ), multi-functional, playful space and lot …