Tomoyuki Tanaka is a Japanese architect who creates mesmerizing x-ray drawings of Tokyo's major stations. These are precise ballpoint pen descriptions … [Read more...]
“The most vivid, built example of Venturi’s contradiction in architecture”: Ni-Ban-Kahn by Minoru Takeyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo (1970)
In 1970 Japanese architect Minoru Takeyama designed a building in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, simply called the Ni-Ban-Kahn (Building Number Two), while his … [Read more...]
The Tower House by Takamitsu Azuma (1966)
Built in Tokyo in 1966, the Tower house by Japanese architect Takamitsu Azuma is developed around a staircase which distributes its six levels. The … [Read more...]
An Encounter with “Naked Space”: The Tanikawa House by Kazuo Shinohara
The second house Kazuo Shinohara designed for Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, lies in the mountains in Nagano prefecture. Built in 1974, this summer … [Read more...]
