Mar 24, 2008
Tokyo’s Penguin House
A nice video from National Geographic showcasing Tokyo architect Yasuhiroi Yamashita’s Penguin House. It is quite fascinating to watch this and to see how he utilises the height of rooms to give a greater feeling of spaciousness to the houses he works on.
What interests me with Japanese architecture is how they manipulate space and light to create some beautiful living environments. Little in the way of traditional building techniques and materials are evident – for me, I would rather go all the way – completely traditional, or on the other hand something like the penguin house.
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Aqua
how great building is that ?
But we could not find infos about such like fine house in Japan ever.
We still have to living in `rabbits house` mostly.
These nice buildings are only for rich class.
I don`t think it is not culture for population but I want to live their
Mar 24th, 2008
todo
Sweet digs! une toute petite maison au milieu de IDDAAAHBASHI
slight light height indeed… i enjoy and appreciate the concept of space… doing more with less is a lesson to be learned from some of Japanese innovative architects.
i dare say, the wall-to-wall clear windowed room on the 3rd floor… would get a might bit hot in those humid tokyo summers…. and .. like a mini ice palace in the winter.
triple-glazed windows…. a lesson to be taught to some of Japanese more avant-garde architects.
Apr 26th, 2008
psymeg
rockingly hot and stunningly cold, but at least it would avoid the stench of ones neighbours. ours decided to cook some infidel-born pork concoction this evening which rankly stank out our whole building. the swine!
Apr 27th, 2008
Sarah
Where can I order this house to be sent to America? I love it.
Feb 7th, 2010
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