This is how Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno from the EASTERN design office makes an abandoned corner in an industrial area, into an interesting architecture design that the town's people can enjoy. Continue

This July Slant are launching their second competition which will be open to all. The challenge is to design a garden for a private residence. Continue

Mitsuharu Kojima and Wataru Kobayashi from the architecture office Studio Green Blue have created a new architecture project which they've called the "Distance of Fog", situated in the suburbs of Tokyo. Continue

Design, can be a very personal and meaningful art for many individuals. Hence, it’s of great importance to understand the true wants of the client and what emotions the design must bring to him/her. Continue

Architect George Papadopoulos, the former of Skinotechniki, talks about what it takes to run a design firm and what an exceptionally important part strategy plays. Continue

A family in Chiba, Japan, wanted a spacious house in a narrow urban area. By studying the local zoning and planning laws of the site: Studio LOOP came up with the idea of structuring an eleven-meter high residence with an irregular pitched roof for the family. Continue

Image is important to our clients, not an empty architecture no matter how extravagant. The Japanese sneaker brand, Dragon Beard, asked Anna Nakamura+Taiyo Jinno at the EASTERN Design office to design an office/residence at a slope located in Takarazuka city of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. Continue

Marcio Kogan, establisher of Studio mk27, is a straightforward architect who, with many years of experience, refers you to the reality of being in the industry. Kogan talks about how he saw a lack of quality in Brazilian dwellings and so determined to take the manner in his own hands and created his own strategy. Continue

The Reuben Street Apartments project uses a strategy of an articulated landscape of 1-2 stories with residential towers of 12+ stories. Envisioning this strategy into the surrounding void facilitates, the protection of the adjoining residential enclaves and the re-making of the urban node. Continue

Extreme Housing by Singapore-based LOOK Architects Pte Ltd. Extreme housing call for extreme design strategies and ecological sensitive solutions. It can be learnt from Nature which is intrinsically vital for species survival. Continue

The S Clinic by Office of Kenji Tagashira was not the easiest project in the world to construct as it’s located in the core of Osaka. Continue

One of the local residents at Gudbrandsjuvet, is building a landscape hotel. The idea emerged at another site, Aurland, but it was never realized there. Continue

What if you could have your won "portable", well the Terrain Vague, by Architectures David Tajchman, is a house that can be placed everywhere, any way. Continue

PHOTOGRAPHER'S WEEKEND HOUSE by Shin Ohori, Architect of General Design co.,ltd. A request from the client, a photographer, was to build a space where light and shadow would interplay beautifully. Continue

THE FLOWERS by Progettospore
Korea. The architectural design was for an apartment house unit for the dual income single child family. Continue

Architect: Progettospore. The design of this architectural dwelling plan was so different from the surrounding buildings that it was submitted to an aesthetic examination by a Municipal Commission. Fortunately, they gave the plan a thumb up. Continue

Project: Woo Nam Jai The urban nature along with this site which is connected with the Woomyeon-mountain and an urban park (as the natural greenery area) is the ideal place for an environment that can satisfy a residential and recreational purpose which is desired by most urban people. Continue

Architect: Baumraum. The clients – a family with young children - wished an extraordinary and comfortable treehouse. The design and realization was dedicated totally to the architects. Continue

This house is made "only" by slits, there are no windows. The wall of 105 m lengths with 60 slits surrounding the site realizes the architectural space in this narrow and long site. No other architecture has ever been realized by such a method. Continue

The essence of this architecture lies in an inner court. The site is located in Sumizome, Fushimi, Kyoto. It’s a small town with a long and distinguished history, situated south of the Tofukuji temple. Facing to south, the building is built on a gentle slope. Continue

Yuki Tanaka is the establisher of YUKI TANAKA Architecture & Interior Design. She first took interest in architectural design when she was a high school student and a building in her neighborhood was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Continue

Opposed to the previous project “WITH”, this house is located on an urban area in Kanagawa, Japan. When constructed there were already 3 houses built in the North, East, and West, less than 1 meter away from a property line. Continue

In the past 60 years, as information technology progressively have changed in Japan, our housing industry has rapidly become adjusted to it." Continue

Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno, creators of, Anna Nakamura+Taiyo Jinno EASTERN design office, have had an interest in architecture since their twenties, as they were travelling through the world and exploring the architecture of the world and Japan. Continue