1100 Architect elevates concrete house above a bluff on a tiny Japanese island

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This beachside house on Japan‘s Ikema Island is perched on a concrete base to ensure the living spaces inside enjoy an optimal view of the East China Sea. Read more

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A House in Tsukishima / ICADA


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© Kouichi Torimura


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© Kouichi Torimura

  • Architects: ICADA
  • Location: Tsukishima, Chuo, Tokyo 104-0052, Japan
  • Architect In Charge: Nariaki Chigusa
  • Area: 67.2 m2
  • Project Year: 2015
  • Photographs: Kouichi Torimura
  • General Contractor: Tsuki-zo

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© Kouichi Torimura

This is a renovation project that making a very special space between inside and outside of the wall of the house. We create this small house renovation in pursuit of human body in the space.


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© Kouichi Torimura

This four-story building is for single person in Tsukishima, Tokyo. Tsukishima is a reclaimed area during Edo period where has a long history of local community.


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© Kouichi Torimura

Floor Plans

Floor Plans

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© Kouichi Torimura

Although the building, “The house in Tsukishima” has a simple appearance, this is a conceptual housing project; it focuses on the relationship between human body and the living space. “The Ring” and “The Cross” are the two features We designed to realize the concept.


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© Kouichi Torimura

The Ring
Is made of polished stainless. It is put between inside and outside of the wall so that the Ring creates extra ‘spaces’ is difficult to understand the depth. This ‘space’ is for the wall, not for human. This contradictory perception change the seemingly normal life space to those foreign.


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© Kouichi Torimura

The Cross
Is made of wires and very light LED tubes and they are settled at the stairwell in a three dimensional shape. This lightning equipment “The Cross”, and its 3-D shape give us a feeling of alienation from the space so that those ordinary walls, ceiling and space easily turn to be symbolic things. 


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© Kouichi Torimura

Our indication is that such “disappearance” of human body makes one’s mind closer to the space through the experience of living in this house. 


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© Kouichi Torimura

Each furniture, lighting equipment and doors are exclusively designed for this building to provide modest symbolic attitude in the interior. Especially, the closet set at the center of the living room is made of transparent material shows the visual independency of the closet from the wall and wooden floor – the factors surround one’s body–.

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Breckinridge, Coloradophoto via douglas

Breckinridge, Colorado

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The most amazing northern lights blast I’ve ever seen from…

The most amazing northern lights blast I’ve ever seen from March last year. You could look in any direction and see them dancing over your head. 

Just outside Reykjavik so you can see the orange glow from the city lights in the background

Photos from Canada

Wonderful view of Moraine Lake in Banff National Park 📸by: @malloryebeth thanks !!

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Make upgrades entrance hall of London’s Harrods with 16 bronze escalators

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Sixteen escalators clad with nickel bronze now feature in the entrance hall of London department store Harrods, as shown in this exclusive movie produced by Dezeen for architecture office Make. Read more

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Neil Dusheiko creates home for his father-in-law featuring a wall of ceramics and glassware

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A wall of storage filled with art and ceramics features inside this house that architect Neil Dusheiko has renovated for his father-in-law, near his own home in north London. Read more

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Richard Yasmine’s Plugged carafes sit atop phallic brass rods

Plugged vessels by Richard Yasmine

Beirut designer Richard Yasmine has created a collection of glass vessels that rest on dildo-like brass objects. Read more

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Dordogne, Francephoto via elizabeth

Dordogne, France

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