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Stu/D/O architects are a design studio by two Thai architects based in Thailand.  They built a linear house in a residential district in Thailand in the city of Nonthaburi. The house’s axis is from west to east along its length which is perpendicular to the north direction. The visitor approaches the building and its main… Continue reading Casa de Alisa

One of Tadao Ando’s most prominent of his early works is the Azuma House.  Among his collection of early works, compared to most other small houses that he built early in his career, it is one of the most rigorous, dynamic, and deep designs, despite its simplicity, pure geometry, and small scale.  It is a… Continue reading Azuma: Sky Lit House

The Japanese architect Jun Igarashi, designed a small house that has the form of a cube with the same proportions on all of its four elevations.  This house is located in Shikaoui, Hokkaido prefecture in Japan.  It was designed and built in 2008.  Its architectural concept is based on combining  Japanese minimalism with a modern… Continue reading Jun Igarashi’s House of Trough

Casa Das Mudas Arts Center Madeira, Portugal By Architect Paulo David The art center placed on the corner of a steep rocky cliff in           Madeira, as a pure geometric box, is designed in such a way that it appears chiseled from the rocks it stands on, as if it is an abstract sculpture carved out… Continue reading Functional Form on a Cliff