Category Archives: Architecture

Toyo Ito is the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate

Posted on March 21, 2013 by admin

Toyo Ito, a 71 year old architect whose architectural practice is based in Tokyo, Japan, will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. It was announced today by Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation which sponsors … Continue reading →

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Aluminum-framed cafeteria by Masatomo Kojima

Posted on March 16, 2013 by admin

Tokyo based architect Masatomo Kojima created an aluminum-framed cafeteria called ROKU, where you can watch a boat racing event from the windows. It is a modular system and possible to move around each piece in order to match the size … Continue reading →

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Shohei Shigematsu’s lecture at Harvard

Posted on March 10, 2013 by admin

Japanese architect Shohei Shigematsu held a lecture ‘Designing an Institute for Performance Art’ at Harvard.

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Kengo Kuma’s proposal images for Albert Kahn – Musée et Jardins

Posted on February 4, 2013 by admin

Kengo Kuma & Associates won the first prize for the competition “Albert Kahn – Musée et Jardins”. The museum, located in Boulogne-Billancour, just outside Paris, showcases gardens around the world including Japanese gardens. The renovation work will start in 2015. … Continue reading →

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Zaha Hadid to design New Stadium Japan

Posted on November 15, 2012 by admin

Japan Sport Council announced today that Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to design New Stadium Japan. “The streamlined design expresses the speed and dynamism of sports, and it also takes an advantage of the great environment-related technologies available in … Continue reading →

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New National Stadium Japan

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

Eleven potential designs for Japan’s new national stadium were made public. The eleven finalists include Japanese firms such as Azusa Sekkei Co Ltd, Toyo Ito & Associates, SANAA + Nikken Sekkei Ltd, and Mitsuru Man Senda and Environment Design Institute. … Continue reading →

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Architecture for dogs

Posted on November 10, 2012 by admin

Japanese architect Kenya Hara, also known as the creative director of Muji, curated the project “Architecture for dogs”, and international architects and designers participated in it. The design templates will be available at architecturefordogs.com on November 15th, and dog owners … Continue reading →

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After March 11th – Kengo Kuma

Posted on October 12, 2012 by admin

The great disaster of March 11, 2011 differed from any other catastrophe since the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake. In the age of advanced technology and “strong” buildings, the tsunami flattened Tohoku coastline in seconds. The nuclear accident that followed further revealed … Continue reading →

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Akihisa Hirata: Tangling

Posted on September 26, 2012 by admin

Award winning architect Akihisa Hirata’s solo exhibition “Tangling” is now on at The Architecture Foundation in London (until November 17th). A social order which is premised on the independence of the individual and whose primary pursuit is the maximization of … Continue reading →

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Lecture by Toyo Ito at California College of the Arts

Posted on September 20, 2012 by admin
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