'Everyone's house' is a continuous place both inside and out, with different floors and meanings for each level. The hallway is a continuous area that may be used as a playground for children, a study room for the family, or a living room for the inhabitants of Newtown.
The Japanese housing market differs from that of North America or Europe in that homes are regarded as depreciating assets, similar to vehicles, which are frequently regarded as useless after fifteen years. That's why MUJI's latest prefab, The Vertical House, is so intriguing.
The raised platform at the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) at the 25-acre Hallam Lake nature preserve and environmental learning center was made of CNC-milled plywood that would acquire a patina and merge into the surroundings over time.
This Cape Town getaway has four cylinder towers set on stilts to provide views among the woods. The goal was to maximize views from the highest portion of the sloping site by responding to the height of the large trees around the clearing.
Firm Architekten in Austria used lumber from the client's own forest and materials acquired within 50 kilometers to create this cuboid house in an alpine town.
Kynttilä is a modest, off-grid hut located on a narrow arm of the Nunnanniemi peninsula in Eastern Finland, built as a prefab meditation cottage with a 150 square foot construction to stimulate visual and spiritual attention without distraction.
With a single floor and without any dividing element, this is "The Plain House", the house of the Japanese firm that proposes us to connect more with nature and family.
