Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Plus House


Architects: Masahiro, and Mao Harada, who founded the Mount Fuji Architects Studio

"Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the deceptively simple two-level concrete structure has private rooms and a bath on the lower level, and salon and kitchen on the upper. The water for the bedrooms and bath comes directly from a natural hot spring. The exterior is clad entirely in white water-polished marble with surface texture changing gradually toward the outer tips of the blocks from rough to mirror-smooth. The interior is also covered in white marble that reflects the blue light from the south (ocean) and green light from the west (forest." - Tuija Seipell


INTERIOR


Some interiors I like I pulled off a swedish interior design website

SNEEZE MAGAZINE



Via SNEEZE -
I really like the way this magazine is formatted, distributed, and...just the idea behind it in general. Here is a text pulled from the site that describes it better than I can.

"Over magazines. No binding? Who cares. Newspapers are on the streets, you skate on the streets, we are physically on the street -- one city street at a time. Over overproduction. Less is more. Less is more because stuff sold by the gram is always more exciting than stuff sold by the pound. Less is more which you can't be over because you always want more. Photos pop! With page size this huge, photo spreads become posters for your bare apartment walls. Each turn of the page is meant to hit you with something unexpected, highly visual, and amazing. Sneeze MEGA-zine! Extra Extra. Skateboarding is and will always be king. Hard news is king. As KRS-ONE states Knowledge Reigns Supreme. It does, so learn something."



KANREKI HOUSE



Architects: Mayumi Motoi/M.A.D, Nana Nishimuta/SML, and Akio Nishimuta
Where: Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture,
What: Two - Family residence
Construction Area: 1,227 square feet
Total Floor Area: 2,083 square feet



Neil Krug

From SNEEZE