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White Home With Dark-Framed Windows Overlooking Tokyo: Vista Residence

Japan-based creative studio Apollo Architects and Associates… adorned a 590 square foot urban corner lot with a fantastic looking modern house – the Vista Residence. The interior collection of spaces sums up to 1,295 square feet, perfect for the couple and child living here. Located in Tokyo, Japan, the contemporary three story residence gathers both ordinary and extraordinary details that

Reversible Destiny Lofts for Rent in Tokyo

I always knew that the Japanese have a dose of craziness but I guess that’s what you get when you let NY-based architect-poets and “reversible destiny” philosophers Arakawa & Gins to design your building (if you’re in Japan).

Designed for the young these are the Reversible Destiny Lofts, promoting powerful colors that will tickle your senses and force you to…

Concrete House in Kohoku by Torafu

For the last 10 minutes, I’ve been staring at this house and I still don’t get it. Why would someone in Japan get the Tokyo-based architects Torafu… to design a family home that looks like that? And yes, I’m talking about that weird shaped roof. Aside for the common qualities which include cover from rain and letting light get in,

Tokyo Residence by Yasuhiro Yamashita

Sometimes I find interesting things on the internet and I want to post here on Freshome, but I hesitate, just to find them later on another website and then I don’t know why but I want to post them. I’ve found this collection of images of interesting houses in Tokyo at Flickr almost a week ago but as I’ve said…

House with Great Views in Minami Boso

This beautiful house, located in Minami-Boso, Chiba (Japan), is the work of  Kiyonobu Nakagame & Associates…. The villa was designed for the clients who live in Tokyo, and is located at about 2 hours from Tokyo in Boso Peninsula east of Tokyo. The design is characterized by clean lines, and a lot of wide space, and to make things

Black Box with Strong Graphic Images in White Lines : Sin Den

Located in Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Sin Den was desgined by Klein Dytham Architecture…. This project was carried out in the area for a young couple and a baby as their living space with their hair salon. This cutting-edge’ salon attracts those who have their own style and seeks a perfect hideaway.Maybe you’ve noticed that wall tattoos and stickers

“Igloo of Books”

We talk a lot here on Freshome about bedrooms, and bookcases. Today Point Architects… from Tokyo combined a bed with a bookcase and the result was called the Uroko House. The incredible bookcase completely surrounds this bed, making him looks like an igloo made of books. Here is the step by step project of how the Uroko House was created,

63.02° house by Schemata Architecture Office

The 63.02° house was designed by Schemata Architecture Office…, a house built at 63.02° to the road. The house in Nakana, Tokyo, was completed in December and has a floor space of 71.4 m2. Sharp angels are everywhere on this one of a kind rentable home that seems to have carved a place in the neighborhood. From these pictures

Strange Japanese Apartment – Fudamae

The Fudamae Apartment is designed by ISSHO Architects… an architectural design office based in Tokyo and they got my attention with this apartment window’s design that has an unusual shape. The Fudomae apartment’s design makes the most of a limited volume while creating a comfortable urban living space . Each 18 sqm unit fits a living room, kitchen, bathroom and

Shigeru Ban’s Metal Shutter Houses

An 11-story building with 9 duplex residential condominium apartments ranging from 1,950sqft to a 3,180sqft penthouse with three terraces designed by Shigeru Ban, an architect born in Tokyo and noted for his work with paper products, is planned for 524 West 19th Street in Chelsea. The Metal Shutter Houses… have walls that lift up completely out of the way. The

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