LAWS AND REGULATIONS WOULD BE THE STRONGEST LIMITATION FOR ARCHITECTS, BUT THE DESIGN UNDER THE LIMITATION DOES NOT HAVE TO BE BORING. THIS SQUARE-SHAPED HOUSE DESIGNED BY PHTAA LIVING DESIGN MANAGES TO SHOW OFF THE OWNER’S IDENTITY
HOUSE R3
Category: MAGAZINE
SERPENTINE PAVILION 2023
SERPENTINE PAVILION 2023 ‘À TABLE’ WAS INSPIRED BY HAVING MEALS TOGETHER WITH SPACES AND MOST OF THE TABLES IN A CIRCULAR ARRANGEMENT, CREATING A SENSE OF ‘INTIMACY’ THAT EXTENDS BEYOND HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
KALM PENTHOUSE ARI
THE HIGH-END LOW-RISE CONDOMINIUM DISTINGUISHES ITSELF BY FOCUSING ON DESIGN QUALITY. THE DEVELOPER AND THE DESIGNER, PAON ARCHITECTS, BELIEVE THAT THE ‘PRODUCT-LED DEVELOPMENT’ APPROACH CAN LEAD TO HIGH-QUALITY SPACES AND THE PROJECT WILL BE ABLE TO SELL ITSELF Read More
TRADITIONS TRANSFORMED
THE ART EXHIBITION FEATURING ARTWORKS FROM SEVEN ARTISTS MADE WITH DEDICATION, HARD WORK, AND PERSEVERANCE, REVEALING THE PLEASURE OF CREATING SOMETHING TANGIBLE
NOT JUST LIBRARY
Photo: Golden Pin Design Award
A LIBRARY THAT KEPT THE ORIGINAL BUILDING STRUCTURE AND THE EXPERIENCE OF JAPANESE PUBLIC BATHHOUSES, CREATING THE SPACES FOR READING, MEETING AND THE PUBLIC PLACE TO INTERACT AND EXCHANGE IDEAS, EMBODYING THE CONCEPT OF ‘NOT JUST LIBRARY’
PINGTUNG PUBLIC LIBRARY
Photo: Golden Pin Design Award / Yu-Chen Chao
THE TAIWANESE DESIGN STUDIO MAYU ARCHITECTS GAVE THE LIBRARY A NEW LOOK AND CREATED AN ACCESSIBLE SPACE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHILE OFFERING THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN A NEARBY FOREST
NAGOYA ZOKEI UNIVERSITY
Photo: Riken Yamamoto & FIELDSHOP
RIKEN YAMAMOTO DESIGNED THIS BUILDING WITH THE IDEA OF NOT ISOLATING PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE MAIN FUNCTIONS WERE PUSHED TO THE PERIPHERY AND THE VERANDA WAS LOCATED INSIDE INSTEAD TO CONNECT DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL SPACES
HOUSE K
BANGKOK TOKYO ARCHITECTURE COMPLETED THE ‘THREE-STORY RAW CONCRETE HOUSE’ WITHOUT ASSIGNING A DEFINITE FUNCTION TO THE SPACE, BROADENING THE POSSIBILITIES FOR USERS’ LIVING EXPERIENCES
ROADSIDE STATION SHONAN TENTO
THE VISUALLY STRIKING ROADSIDE STATION IN SHONAN, JAPAN. THE BUILDING’S INCLINING FRONT PART OF THE ROOF THAT DEVIATES FROM THE MAIN NORTH-SOUTH AXIS AND THE ZIGZAG WALL OUTLINE IS HOW THE JAPANESE DESIGN STUDIO NASCA MAKES IT STAND OUT
TOJIRO KNIFE GALLERY TOKYO
THE STORE OF A WELL-ESTABLISHED KNIFE BRAND DESIGNED BY KATATA YOSHIHITO DESIGN WITH ITS SIMPLISTIC ELEGANCE, CONTRASTS WITH THE BUSTLING ASAKUSA COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, TO SHOWCASE TOJIRO’S PRODUCTS