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Category: Architecture
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MUJI’s New Pre-Fab Home
If you visit MUJI‘s store in Yurakucho these days, you’ll be greeted by the follow-up to their “Ki no Ie” pre-fab home, the new “Mado no Ie” (window house). You can’t really see it in the image shown here, but the configuration they have at the store has larger windows, including a staircase in back…
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House in Shirogane
Keiji couldn’t make it to last week’s PauseTalk, and because of the trouble with the projector, I wasn’t able to show these images he sent me of a new house he designed in Shirogane. I figure the next best thing is to post them here for all to see. You’ll find a few more photos…
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Le Corbusier and Pavilian Architecture
TABlog takes a look at the “Pavilion Architecture by Le Corbusier” exhibition, on for one more week at Galerie Taisei.
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21_21 Design Sight Opening
I’ve created a separate Flickr photoset with just the shots from the 21_21 Design Sight. I really liked the building and interior — some nice divisions between the various rooms — but 1000 yen feels a bit steep for what mostly amounts to a one-room exhibition. I’m also a bit surprised that they kicked things…
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Tama Art University New Library
Architecturephoto.net has a few images of the Toyo Ito-designed Tama Art University New Library. Link via Dezain.net.
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Atelier Bow-Wow at PingMag
PingMag interviews Atelier Bow-Wow. The duo also have an upcoming exhibition, “Practice of Lively Space — Detached House and Micro Public Space,” at Gallery MA, running March 8 to June 15.
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Governor Kisho Kurokawa
When he’s not busy designing massive art centers — that would be the National Art Center, Tokyo — architect Kisho Kurokawa is dabbling in politics, with a run in the next Tokyo gubernatorial race.
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Shigeru Ban Interview
You’ll find a video interview on YouTube done by Designboom with architect Shigeru Ban.
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The National Art Center, Tokyo
The new National Art Center, Tokyo — designed by Kisho Kurokawa — is open as of yesterday, launching with the inaugural exhibition “Living in the Material World – ‘Things’ in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond,” that runs until March 19. Read more about the center here.