• Takeru Shoji Architects builds tent-shaped house in Japanese village

    Takeru Shoji Architects builds tent-shaped house in Japanese village
    Japanese studio Takeru Shoji Architects has completed Hara House, a village home designed to look like a tent.
    Hara House is located in an agricultural village belonging to a single family in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.As a result, the clients asked Takeru Shoji Architects to design them a home that would communicate with the other buildings around it, including the main family house.
    By creating a building with a tent shape, the studio was able to create generous openings where neighbours feel
  • 12 buildings to look forward to in 2020

    12 buildings to look forward to in 2020
    Kengo Kuma's Tokyo 2020 Olympics stadium and the Zaha Hadid-designed desert Bee'ah Headquarters are among Lizzie Crook's picks of the most exciting new buildings opening in 2020.National Stadium, Japan, Kengo Kuma
    This year will see the opening of Kengo Kuma's stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It will comprise an oval, wooden-lattice structure wrapped by plants to complement its woodland site.
    The three-tiered, 80,000-seat National Stadium has been subject to controversy as it replac

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