Work Title: COLUMN AND SLAB
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Architect: Katsuya Fukushima, Hiroko Tominaga / FT Architects
Principal Use: House
Total Floor Area: 105.6m2
Structure: Reinforced Concrete, Partly Wood, 3 stories
Katsuya Fukushima and Hiroko Tominaga of FT Architects have completed a residence called Column and Slab in Tokyo, Japan.
The three-storey building is situated on a narrow 5 x 14 metre site.
Eight [...]

We’ve mentioned tons of prefab homes, but PLACE Houses is a new one for us. This green home is a prefab design by Heather Johnston of PLACE Houses, a company offering smart, affordable, and green prefab designs to owners in the Pacific Northwest (and soon, the rest of the country). Of note, the [...]

In Egypt, the four corners of the rising and setting sun at summer and winter solstices marked the square mat of flat earth. In the Renaissance, the mechanics and proportions of the human body were translated into mathematical systems, currently, knowledge of nature has evolved from the scale of the mechanical to the intricacies of the molecular, to subtle and complex mapping that has changed our under-standing of the nature of nature. It is this contemporary conception of order that this gateway parking structure expresses.Translucent channel glass arranged in DNA-derived patterns with open voids enclose the facades and provides ventilation for the parking, also conferring on the building a distinctive and memorable image. The glass has a stippled surface that radiates light,forming a shimmering veil around the concrete structure. At night, the channel glass is illuminated from within. On the south facade are photovoltaic panels arranged in the same patterns.

The Scottsdale, Arizona based Circle West Architects have sent us photos of their Desert House remodeling project, which is the private residence of Circle West’s founder Peter Koliopoulos.
From the architects:
The single-family residence renovation represents a forward thinking approach to desert life. The one-acre site is within a single-family residential neighborhood, surrounded [...]

Architect John Henry AIA offers on site construction observation as an option to custom home builders and clients. Each project that proceeds from concept to concrete deserves the attention of the prime designer as it is being constructed. John Henry offers services ranging from conceptual design to Permit Set to complete interior design [...]