This is a house for a young couple and their child, located in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. Matsudo City has a background that has developed as a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo since the 1960s.

This house was planned…
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H House for a family by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects. Photograph by Fumihiko Ikemoto
The Europan 12 competition is now officially launched! Titled ADAPTABLE CITY, then you can see the bases and theme of the competition. Courage and good luck to the participants! , full_html
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This discreet project that we teach you today hides singularities that make this house a pleasant and contrasted space to live. The architect Henri Cleinge uses concrete as a main material and finished, adding luxury materials, generating a great…
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New lecture at Barcelona, on Monday, March 18th, Pablo Valbuena & Jaime Serra will be lecturing at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IAAC. , full_html
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It has always been commented that the success of the Japanese architecture supposes a renunciation of part of the oriental tradition and at the same time part of its success, an approach and attraction to the western world, (Six Pritzker awards to…
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Sendai Mediatheque, 1995—2000, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan. Photo by Nacasa & Partners Inc
Toyo Ito was born on June 1, 1941 in Keijo (Seoul), Korea (Japanese). His father was a business man with a special interest in the early ceramic ware of the Yi Dynasty of Korea and Japanese style paintings. He also was a sports fan of baseball and…
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Toyo Ito. Photograph © Yoshiaki Tsutsui
After last year's surprise, the Pritzker jury has returned to the classic prognostic. Toyo Ito, in some Japanese circles had been excluded for years and this situation seemed to be confirmed by the award in 2010 for his "pupil" Kazuyo Sejima. ,…
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Tower of Winds, 1986, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. Photo by Tomio Ohashi. Click above to see larger image
Today the official announcement of the Pritzker Architecture Prize has been at noon (PDT) California, USA and 8:00 pm (CET) Spain, Europe. The award is granted each year to honor a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of of…
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Toyo Ito, imagen cortesía del Premio Pritzker
The Pritzker Prize is the most prestigious international prize for architecture. Awarded annually to a living architect by an independent jury of experts, its purpose is ‘to honour a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of…
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Waiting for the announcement of the Pritzker, this week the photographer and Yukio Futagawa Japanese publisher specializing in architecture and known worldwide by take pictures about all buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright, died at age 80 in a hospital…
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Yukio Futagawa