"Kiritoshi House"

 

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source Kiritoshi House | OpenBuildings 

A single-family house has recently been designed by Japanese studio Sugawaradaisuke in Oamishirasato city, part of Chiba Prefecture, in central Japan. The house is characterised by a generous openness towards the exterior, offering residents a bright atmosphere. "The client's aim", state the architects, "was to connect the house with the context, allowing for an intimate relation beetween the residents and surrounding nature."

The outer shell is a simple box which naturally blends with the context. The main entrance is defined by a deeply angled cut inside the wall, anticipating the interior articulation. Here, a series of tridimensional cellars house diverse functions, animating the open area of the living room. Space perception is amplified and so is each room's storage capacity. "The physical perception experienced in this house reminds the one you have in an excavation ― Kiritoushi―, where a fusion of both natural and artificial dimensions takes place".
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How to help your home interior design make better with wallpaper murals?

Guest Post by Frost Eva

Building a better and beautiful home is a very enjoyable task if you know what all factors must be exactly taken care of and managed. You need to have the clear idea about how should it be designed and about each and every specification related to each and every corner of the house. It is found that many people start building their dream houses without much preparation and ends up without much impressive results. The satisfaction is very crucial as this is when you have to ensure that you have made your dream come true.

Wallpaper murals are the new way of making your interior designs look super cool. No matter what are your specific needs or requirements about the home, there are things that should be considered always to make it go exceptional. Canvas Art Prints for an Interior Design are an entirely fresh concept. These were not available in the olden days. However you can avail these facilities to make your homes super cool. The selection process consists of great importance. There are specific dislikes and likes for every people. You need to communicate well with your designer to ensure that there is nothing bad coming in your living room.

Wall decors are available in the market for a while now. The only factor that matters in these options is the availability of space. In order to make it entirely suitable for your expectation you should follow certain instructions. Wall decors are nowadays easy to install and remove. But when you are attempting to make your rooms and walls beautiful with these aspects, you need to stay calm and cool. Think about things that you are interested in or you love the most. For all types of people there will be things that influence their moods and happiness. 

For some these things will be certain places such as beaches, mountains or scenic places. For such people bringing on such Wall Art Designs and Concepts in the bedrooms or living room will be a great idea. This will provide them nourishment that no other things can bring. The wall murals actually bring on a different feel for your interiors. You can recreate your favourite places inside your home with these techniques. All you need is a perfect designer who understands your desires and makes it done with the ultimate perfection. Does not compromise on quality as these things do not posses many chances to re-modify or customize once it is fixed.

If your designer is too friendly with you, you can ask him to produce a few options and so that you can choose the most preferable ones. Another great idea to bring these stuffs to life is to make your own online research. In that case you can take as much time and try your own ideas. Take your own time to get the fantastic results. After choosing the right pictures or backgrounds you want to re-create on your walls go to the designer’s office and discuss it. This is the right way to expand your Wall Decor Ideas and make it done easily. 

       

Author Bio:

Eva Frost is professional interior designer and content editor since a long period. She would love to write blogs and articles on Home improvement and Different concept of Interior Design. She tends to perceive the quality work and service for an interior design and home decoration through the way which it must design and decorated with a good first impression and crucial for good business.

The charm of decay!

There is a special beauty, a hidden charm in the creations of man that abandoned while nature then leave its own mark on them.
As shown in the selection of images below, buildings and "wrecks" acquired after their abandonment, a strange fascination as little by little, decomposing by the forces of nature.

 Ukraine

The so-called "tunnel of love" in northern Ukraine. Abandoned railway lines lost in the green background.

Antarctic
Brazilian vessel that was used for scientific missions, remains under water for over a year. Shipwreck at no life was lost.

MaltaDevoutness and the bottom causes a sunken statue of Jesus in the waters off Malta. Once blessed by Pope John Paul II placed below the surface of the sea as an attraction for divers.


Indiana, USAThe Methodist Church, built in 1926, does not lose its beauty despite the ruins.

New York, USAAbandoned subway station in New York, which is not open to the public.

FranceVilla Amelie in France

unknown placeThis photo comes from Flickr is unknown the location of this abandoned building that has been left to decay.

RussiaThe Stadium of the Olympic Winter Games of 2014, arranged in Sochi, Russia, as seen through the window of an abandoned house in the area.

Carving the stones

Hirotoshi Itoh graduated from the National University of Fine Arts in Tokyo in 1982 and initially worked in the family business as a stonemason. At the same time, dealt with the metal, which was his great love, he says, until he discovered the pebbles ... and immediately fell in love!
"As a child I grew up in the ... stone.
With a chisel carves various pictures on the surface, although the metal has always been on my top priorities. The pebbles found out later from a random event. A friend of mine picked up on the beaches and he made fine workmanship. "
That's it! Hirotoshi Itoh started endless walks on river banks and coasts, collecting pebbles in various sizes. With great patience and perseverance carves striking designs on the stones, which refer to objects of everyday use!
Purses with coins, playing cards, cans, even a shirt, a dress or a pocket knife takes on 'flesh' in stone, impressing both the artist's imagination and with the final result.

Car Park in Herdern ,Switzerland

source Car Park in Herdern | OpenBuildings
Let’s face it – car-parks are not usually at the top of any architect’s list of “things to design before they die”, right? Well… I would like to challenge that idea with today’s humble little post about one of the most beautiful and interesting car-parks I’ve seen. It was designed by Peter Kunz Architects back in 1998 and located in Herdern, a little town in northern Switzerland. Individual pods with large glass panels provide a perfect resting place with a view for your beloved Porsche.
So for all architects out there – next time you get a shitty design brief for something you consider to be less than inspiring, i.e. a car-park, I would like you to remember this project and create something extraordinary. I’m quite serious. In fact, that’s an order dammit! And whilst we are at it, I also order you to have an awesome weekend. That goes for everybody, not just the architects (who are all now dreaming of their next car-park project brief, I bet). Word. 

Taichung City Cultural Center Entry by Architecton

Bustler: Taichung City Cultural Center Entry by Architecton
Since announcing the five shortlisted finalists to Taiwan's Taichung City Cultural Center competition last week, we have been receiving a steady stream of further competition entries from around the world. Here's one from Moscow-based firm Architecton which moves the "Gate" metaphor to the core of its design concept.

View this competition brief:

• Taichung City Cultural Center International Competition (Public Library & Fine Arts Museum)

Related news:

• Taichung City Cultural Center Entry by Maxthreads
• Taichung City Cultural Center Entry by Sériès et Sériès

Entry to the Taichung City Cultural Center competition by Architecton (Image: Architecton)

Project Description from the Architects:
The “Gate” has always been the metaphor of interpenetration, marking the transition of one spatial or conceptual quality into another.

Image: Architecton

Cultural Centre integrates the city and the park and actually becomes the frontier Gate between various elements of the urban fabric, and at the same time – a landmark, a symbol of urban culture institutions.
Cultural Centre  consist of the Museum, the Library and the Park. Each functional unit of the complex is self-sufficient.

Image: Architecton

The ecological aspect was the key and determining factor in creating this project. The green roofs serve as rainwater harvesting stations and help protect the volume of the buildings from overheating in the sun. Horizontal spiral wind catching devices placed on the top of communication pylons are used to generate electricity.

Image: Architecton

The walls are designed as channels for natural ventilation that help save costs on air-conditioning and are equipped with solar cell panels. The transparent roofs let in natural light into the inner spaces. All these green design strategies help create a truly environmentally friendly building that falls in with the global trend for sustainable city architecture.

Image: Architecton