ARTOPIATECTURE: 2013

Monday, April 22, 2013

Staircase/Bookcase

Another house with focus on the stairs. "Panorama House" in Korea. Staircase/bookcase. Stairs will keep you young...

See house and stairs vs elevators at treehugger> http://tinyurl.com/c9x3qtw

Japanese house for listening to music, uses sound-proofing glass to keep out the noise but let in the light. Light from skylights pervades all the way to the basement level.

More images? Go right now to dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/chbbtvx

Chic House in Rice Field

Modest but chic house in Japanese rice field. It's curtains! Check out the interiors, windows....

Many more pictures at designboom>http://tinyurl.com/dxqgodj

Flight Attendant Dome Home

Retired flight attendant builds his own dome home in Thailand for $8000.

Found on inhabitat, but go to his site for better pix> http://tinyurl.com/cucty8j

The Internal Village

When a house is like a village --- brought inside.

More images? Go to designboom> http://tinyurl.com/d94vh5w

Wedge Tent Tubes

Supports are inflatable tubes!

The Wedge is a new tent by Heimplanet that is supported by inflatable tubes instead of poles

http://su.pr/5ICljZ

Monday, April 15, 2013

German Studio and House

But today in Germany we want this studio/house.

More pix go to freshome> http://tinyurl.com/dyutmqm

Mansion Made of Glass and Concrete Bricks

Breaking the Artopia rule --- if I had to have a mansion, this is the one! Glass and concrete blocks. Waterside. Unbelievable interiors.

Pix of interiors? Go to> http://tinyurl.com/7t2jh6u

Privacy House

If privacy is the issue......One of "30 of the Most Ingenious Japanese Home Designs" on freshomes site I just found.

More pix? Text? Go to freshomes> http://tinyurl.com/cd4kn7x

House Made of Two House

"House Made of Two" has a separate house for guests and for showing movies. Love the dining room with a view of the garaged car! Want that for our burnt-orange Honda Fit Sport.

More pix? Go to naf architect> http://tinyurl.com/cfhvhjx

Air House

"Air Hole House," in Shiga --- shape dictated by site (of course). Or is the house about the shadow of the tree?

Details? Go to freshome> http://tinyurl.com/ccp4qyv

Polygons Are Forever

Polygons are forever. In Japan.

More pix & interiors? Got to freshome>http://tinyurl.com/c9c7ujm

Japanese Mini-Brutalist Neo-Modern

Seemed to have missed this Japanese neo-modern/neo-brutalist Tokyo house.

More views and interiors? Go to> http://tinyurl.com/cotljfn

The Staircase That Ate The House

Behind the minimalist/neo-modern facade, the center of this Japanese house is a big staircase, that functions as....a room.

Txt, slide show? Go to Domus> http://tinyurl.com/dxbdel7

Friday, April 12, 2013

A Separate Tower for Each of Four Bedrooms

"Four Eyes" wins AIA small (?) projects award. Four tower-top bedrooms with different views.

http://www.edwardogosta.com/four-eyes-house.html

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Issaquah Tree House B & B

If you are anywhere near Issaquah, WASH., you might want to stay in this tree house b&b.

Go to> http://tinyurl.com/3s3dego

Rolling House with Usable Ceiling

Truly innovative -- rolling house. Why waste the ceiling?

Bravo to archdaily. Details here>http://www.archdaily.com/60921/

Pale Green Japanese House?

Pale green Japanese house. Requirements: no windows on the road, view of forest, deck.

Read, see at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/d8tuq85

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Twisted Japanese House

Another small, dramatic Japanese house on an odd lot.

From archdaily to architect> http://tinyurl.com/d9eu795

Roof Reveals Light Sources of Small House

Roof of Japanese "Diamond House," with music room. Click on link for neo-minimal street view and interior.

Details via liebal> http://tinyurl.com/c9twnfv

Secrets of Small Japanese Houses

Secrets of "Small House" in Japan --- push everything to the side, built-ins, skylight...

Look inside at designboom> http://tinyurl.com/cwz7f4v

Build to Suit the Plot!

603 square-foot, Kyoto house on "equilateral triangular site with a crescent hypotenuse..." If every square foot is precious, you must build to fit!

See inside at designboom here> http://tinyurl.com/c9n94eg

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Billboard Painter's Temporary House

Temporary house for billboard painter, Mexico City. Thank you, Jim Johnston!

Details and more pix go to treehugger>http://tinyurl.com/d7apmhp

Make The House Fit the Plot

This house outside Tokyo perfectly fits the oddly shaped plot and includes a parking spot.

Look inside and at floorplans at designboom>http://tinyurl.com/cmfkub9

"Chinese Coin House" in Bolivia. Please mow the roof!

For more pix go to inhabitat> http://tinyurl.com/cnmcjo7

Small Black and White Japanese House

Neo-modern Japanese house sandwiched between pre-fab and traditional houses. Black is for bedroom and studio; white is for more public areas. Car not included.

Step inside at design-milk> http://tinyurl.com/8ghez2q

How To Design A House

How to design a 1184 sq ft house for a retired Japanese couple..."A look falls out..." "A rest is taken on a comfortably warm veranda." Etc.

Pix and more floor plans at designboom>http://tinyurl.com/cvorcyc

A Forest for a Moon Dazzler

Catching up --- Benjamin Garcia Saxe's "A Forest for a Moon Dazzler" (2010) built this house for his mother, based on a house she had built for herself "out of tree trunks, mosquito nets and tin" with a view of the moon.

Pix and details at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/3y4uzdj

Costa Rican Container House

Catching up --- Benjamin Garcia Saxe's lovely container house in Costa Rica. Can a shipping container house be lovely? Yes!

Details can be found at archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/3e8aeyv

Very Small Elegant Norwegian House

Low-cost, 258 sq.ft. "Casa Kolonihagen" by Tommie Wilhelmsen, Norway.

Details at goodhomedesign> http://tinyurl.com/ae2tzom

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Mirrorized Alpine Capsule

Was Ross Lovegrove's mirrorized 2008 Alpine Capsule every built?

Via dezeen survey of mirrored buildings>http://tinyurl.com/56we3f

Chic South African Tree House

Catching up -- 1999 Tree House in South Africa.

Via inhabitat to> http://www.vdmma.com/tree-house.html

Dutch Black House With Anthracite Tiles

Viewed from rear garden, anthracite-tiled Dutch house is not as stark as from other views. File this under Black Houses on my Pinterest board.

For more pix & floorplans go to designboom>http://tinyurl.com/blghm2e

Small Japanese Cube House

Japanese cube house. Look inside. Central staircases form a multiple-use "room" that also functions as a wind tunnel.

More pix go to designboom> http://tinyurl.com/b8vx8ev

Meandering Japanese House

Not all new Japanese houses are white...or in the city. Meandering house next to parking lot; the meandering is functional. Look inside for the nooks!

Go to designboom here> http://tinyurl.com/bwuaofd

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Portable Polyhedron Habitat

Excellent. Follow link to more pix.

Habitable Polyhedron by Manuel Villa – a new family’s garden escape! http://bit.ly/10Jv0Sl

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

It's About the Views!

"Vista" by Apollo, in Japan. Shape is determined by views to be framed and captured.

More pix at dezeen> http://tinyurl.com/czsrl33

Chic Two-Family House

Two-family house in Osaka. This is not a mail box.

Go to archdaily> http://tinyurl.com/btroygr
Some previous posts> http://artopiatecture.blogspot.com/

Monday, March 25, 2013

The Reinvention of the Row House, in Texas

Can the row house be reinvented? In Texas, each one is a slightly different shade of white. Remodelista, the Island of White, emphasizes a designer's interiors. In the next batch, each house should be a different color, other than white.

Details via remodelista> http://tinyurl.com/bof659y