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Daisugi: a thousand-year-old technique for optimising lumber production

09-05-2022

Daisugi: a thousand-year-old technique for optimising lumber production

Can we obtain lumber without cutting down trees? Judging from the way our tropical forests are disappearing, the answer is no. But actually, it is possible, if you don’t kill the tree, so it can continue growing. This is the ancient technique of Daisugi, literally meaning "platform cedar", in use in Japan’s Kyoto prefecture since the fourteenth century.

07BEACH Joe Chikamori: House in Kyoto

11-08-2021

07BEACH Joe Chikamori: House in Kyoto

Anonymous on the outside, the house in Kyoto by Joe Chikamori (07BEACH studio) features welcoming interiors designed around a ficus benjamina plant. The spaces in the home, all of which custom-made in wood, overlook a brightly lit atrium or plaza and feature lightweight solutions which distinguish the flows of everyday life without separating them.

ENSO ANGO, the first dispersed hotel in Kyoto

26-10-2018

ENSO ANGO, the first dispersed hotel in Kyoto

Dispersed hospitality, a concept that combines the offer of tourist facilities with adding value to the context, also to the benefit of the local population, is now making inroads in Japan.

Studio with paper tube shell in Kyoto and Paris – Shigeru Ban

15-12-2017

Studio with paper tube shell in Kyoto and Paris – Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban’s prefabricated studio with a paper tube shell made by university students in Kyoto has been replicated in a construction site in Paris.

Sanaa Kazuyo Sejima & Associates Nishinoyama House Kyoto Apartments

20-09-2017

Sanaa Kazuyo Sejima & Associates Nishinoyama House Kyoto Apartments

In a residential district in Kyoto, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates designed ten homes which meet urban planning requirements while giving each unit a unique identity of its own.

Florian Busch Architects K8 Bar Gallery in Kyoto

20-03-2017

Florian Busch Architects K8 Bar Gallery in Kyoto

The little building designed by Florian Busch Architects to host a bar and gallery in Kyoto is a continuous space on 8 levels, an entirely vertical experience.

Architecture photography and the Sony World Photography Awards

23-05-2014

Architecture photography and the Sony World Photography Awards

The works of the finalists in the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards are on exhibit at Somerset House, a historic building and centre for the visual arts in central London.