APART FROM THE DISTINCTIVE OLD LOG FAÇADE, GOOD CYCLE BUILDING FROM ASANUMA CORPORATION AND NORI ARCHITECTS IS OUTSTANDING WITH ITS EXTENSIVE ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGN PROCESS, FROM RESOURCE-EFFICIENT CONSTRUCTION TO THE INGENIOUS APPLICATION OF SOIL AS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
THE JAPAN-BASED ARCHITECTURE FIRM, N O T ARCHITECTS STUDIO, ENWRAPS THE HOUSE WITH THE MAIN WALKWAY AND THE CHAIN-LINK MESH THAT BLENDS THE HOUSE TO ITS NEIGHBORING GARDENS
INTRODUCING CERARL, THE NON COMBUSTIBLE PANEL BY AICA, THE LEADER IN SURFACE MATERIALS (LAMINATED SHEET) FROM JAPAN, THAT MEETS FUNCTIONAL AND AESTHETICS NEEDS AND EXPANDS THE CONVENTIONAL LIMITATIONS OF FINISHING MATERIALS
KASHIWA SATO, A JAPANESE ART DIRECTOR WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE INTERIOR DESIGN AND CREATIVE DIRECTION OF NISSIN FOODS PRODUCTS’ FACTORY’S VISITING PROGRAM, WELCOMES THE FACTORY VISITORS WITH A GIANT NOODLE CUP LID CANOPY
DESIGNED BY KENGO KUMA AND NAMED AFTER HARUKI MURAKAMI, THE NEWLY OPENED LIBRARY AT THE FACULTY OF LETTERS, ARTS, AND SCIENCES, WASEDA UNIVERSITY LEADS THE READERS INTO ANOTHER SPHERE, AKIN TO READING MURAKAMI’S HYPNOTIC NOVEL WHERE ONE JOURNEY INTO ANOTHER WORLD
