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House longs for a car and a car dreams of a house Le Corbusier 's Citroen House

House longs for a car and a car dreams of a house Le Corbusier ‘s Citroen House <1>

The French court society of the 18th century seemed to have the same interest in furniture as modern people would do in the cars. Since the birth of modernism in the 20th century, cars and homes had strong conscious relationship. Machines for living, houses like cars. Le Corbusier’s Citroen House In 1917, Le Corbusier left...
Katsura Imperial Villa - Genealogy of Simple

Katsura Imperial Villa – Genealogy of Simple

Modern design is simply a simple design. Simple means that colors, shapes and materials are restrained. Simple is not a modernist patent. It is not limited to architecture and product design. Where did the value of simplicity come from? What is that concrete appearance? In the series “Genealogy of Simple”, we explore various aspects of...
Hotel by Shigeru Ban "Shounai Hotel Suiden Terrace"

Hotel by Shigeru Ban “Shounai Hotel Suiden Terrace”

We had a chance of staying at Ban Shigeru’s SHONAI HOTEL SUIDEN TERRASSE   “Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrace” is located in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture in Japan. (Suiden means rice field) As the name suggests, it stands in a rice field in the Shonai Plain, which symbolizes rice. The magnificent scenery of the rice fields,...
Japan in Architecture : 1/3 scale giant model of Kenzo Tange's home

Japan in Architecture : 1/3 scale giant model of Kenzo Tange’s home

Kenzo Tange’s own residence in 1/3 scale giant model. from “Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation” (April 25-September 17, 2018 @ Mori Art Museum). Although huge, it is a model, so the whole house can be seen in a glance rather than seen in the separate photographs, Thus the concept of the building...
Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation

Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation

Interior space of the National Treasure tea room Tai-an by​​ Sen no Rikyū from “Japan in Architecture : Genealogies of Its Transformation” (April 25-September 17, 2018 @ Mori Art Museum) The architect and architect historian Fujimori Terunobu says the basic strength of Japanese architects in wooden construction.  Contrarily to the Western architecture which developed stone...
Kengo Kuma Exhibition

Kengo Kuma Exhibition

Kengo Kuma Exhibition -Whispering substance dialogue with things- “Kuma no mono”   “The end of architectural desire”, “Losing architecture”, “Natural architecture”, “Anti-object”. By simply tracing the his book title, you can see that the thing that Kengo Kuma aims for consistently. In Kuma’s word it means “I wanted to criticize self-centered and intimidating architecture”. Kuma...
Wabisabi and Modernism ~Wabisabi by Leonard Koren~

Wabisabi and Modernism ~Wabisabi by Leonard Koren~

”Japan was ahead of modernism hundreds of years than the West, in the middle of the Muromachi era(1336 – 1573), it already valued ​​the beauty of simplicity ” (Jun Hara, “White” 2008) The similarity of Japan’s values ​​and modernism which both respects simplicity, is a great concern for Japan who imported modernism. Concerning the eyes...
Pollock 's Action Painting and Free Jazz

Pollock ‘s Action Painting and Free Jazz

Action · Painting and Free Jazz ~ “Free Jazz” by Ornette Coleman and pollock work as a jacket Vinyl records are rediscovering its popularity. While listening to heavy sounds that can not be found in digital data is one reason, however also  “jacket love” seems to be another reason. In the era when LP records...
In our work, we capture the spirit of the modern era and merge it with contemporary technology. The result is something that’s beautiful and timeless. on Instagram

In our work, we capture the spirit of the modern era and merge it with contemporary technology. The result is something that’s beautiful and timeless. on Instagram