Shiga Prefecture

Otsu House by ALTS Design Office is a comfy house, a welcoming atmosphere with lots of light

Otsu House by ALTS Design Office is a comfy house, a welcoming atmosphere with lots of light Architects: ALTS Design Office Location: Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 1.141 ft²/ 106 m² Photo courtesy: Yuta Yamada Description: "This house was built in the newly-developed subdivision surrounding new housing....

Maibara House by ALTS Design Office

Maibara House by ALTS Design Office Architects: ALTS Design Office Location: Shiga Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 124 sqm Photo courtesy: Yuta Yamada Description: We made two open spaces of diverse sort in a site on this undertaking. The customer trusted an open space required security and a typical...

Framing House by FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects

Framing House by FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects Architects: FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga Prefecture, Japan Area: 1,367 sqft Photo courtesy: Yoshihiro Asada Description: The client requested to have a space that can be used as a gallery in the house in addition to the habitable space....

Complex by FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects

Complex by FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects Architects: FORM | Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 3,897 sqft Photo courtesy: Yoshihiro Asada Description: The building is located along an arterial road with heavy traffic. The surrounding area is full of commercial facilities and condos.
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Promenade House by FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects

Promenade House by FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga Prefecture, Japan Photo courtesy: Takumi Ota Kei Nakajim Description: The project is for the house owned by a young couple and is planned at the unique site 4 meters (13 ft) wide and 35 meters (115...

Cozy Home by FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects

Cozy Home by FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects Architects: FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Yoshihiro Asada Description: The house is constructed at one of the little destinations swarmed with houses and encompassed by limited streets. With such conditions, we proposed the...

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