Month: July 2022

the distinctive, modular building is envisioned to be both highly efficient and adaptable to changes as teams and technologies evolve and grow.
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“A real core of all architectural work lies in the act of construction. Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts.” Thinking architecture, Peter Zumthor. Kha-nam Noi House, the re-ensemble of used material houses that insert into the existing structure of a long pigsty building.  “Kha-nam” is one of the typologies of small resting shelter in the agricultural season in Thailand, mostly found that was built in basic construction method with local and easily found construction material.

“Our Bakery” is a cafe that makes and sells bread. “Our Bakery”’s popular menu items include ‘dirty chocolate’ mixed with pastry, chocolate, and bread with a texture like “palmier carré”. Roughly crumbled and sticky bread stimulates the visual and tactile senses.

From Culture Consuming Tourism to Culture Producing Tourism – This project is a small hotel located in Hida Takayama, a flourishing tourist destination that attracts about 4 million visitors a year and is home to the World Heritage Site of Shirakawa-go and old streets. Here, while coexisting with conventional tourism that traces historical facts, we pursued the idea of the hotel as a base for generating a culture that nurtures the future, making Hida Takayama a starting point for living regional values that will continue into the next 100 years of culture.

When our client had nominated Concrete as their preferred and the principal material for their home, we were thrilled to be able to drive our team’s knowledge to explore a new construction methodology and design sensibility. With the entry into the site from the west, and the client’s request for a 5-car garage, we began to wonder, “how could we conceal such a large garage and not make the house feel like it’s about the vehicles?” Furthermore, designing a home with a southern backyard while also wanting to capture views and light to the north, can be challenging in the southern states of Australia. But for Blade House, we were fortunate to have a large, elevated site that inspired us to think about the layers and an extruded program.

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the shortlist for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awards the Stirling Prize annually to the building judged to have made the greatest contribution to British architecture. The six-strong shortlist for 2022 includes buildings

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