Hiroshima

Concrete half rounded, half square home by Kugatsuno Kaze Design Office Architects: Kugatsuno Kaze Design Office Location: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 1.442 ft²/ 134 m² Photography: ©MItsuo Matsuoka, Toshiyuki Nakao Description: "I want to create elegant curves using rough texture. Curves are inspired from a...

Ribbon Chapel by NAP Architects Architects: NAP Architects Location: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Year: 2013 Area: 861 sqft / 80 sqm Photo courtesy: Koji Fujii / Nacasa & Partners Inc Description: Two Spirals Become One This wedding church remains in a patio nursery of a resort lodging, "Bella Vista Sakaigahama,"...

Nest Residence by UID Architects Location: Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan Year: 2010 Photo courtesy: Hiroshi Ueda Description: This is a small house planned in a forest surrounded by rich nature. The site is located in the foot of a mountain with scarce neighboring houses in Onomichi City. The...

Toda House by Kimihiko Okada Architects: Kimihiko Okada Location: Hiroshima, Chugoku, Honshu, Japan Year: 2011 Area: 1,230 sqft Photo courtesy: Toshiyuki Yano Description: The site is situated in a neighborhood created on a tender roost in Hiroshima, ignoring a far perspective of the Inland Sea and Miyajima. The place that...