Sliding home enlarges with railed-walls, underfloor bed & tub reveal by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2023 Caspar Schols built his first shapeshifting house in his mother’s backyard as her writing cabin that, by sliding a room-on-rails, …
Tokyo maze-home blurs boundary urban/nature, indoors/outdoors by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2020 Step inside Boundary House and enter a maze of hallways, rooms, open-air patios designed to blur the boundary between inside …
Small island getaway seeks old Greek simplicity: “meden agan” by Kirsten Dirksen on December 30, 2018 On the boat from Athens to a camping trip on Kea Island, Takis Yalelis began sketching a house that explored …
Indoor/outdoor budget home in Japan: affordable & permeable by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2017 When a family of four asked architect Takeshi Hosaka to create a home embedded in nature on a small Tokyo …
Permeable Yokohama home blends with garden & protects from street by Kirsten Dirksen on April 25, 2016 When a Yokohama couple asked architect Takeshi Hosaka to design a home “in which we feel as if we are …
Lolcat home Japan: old parking becomes loft for couple, cats by Kirsten Dirksen on October 4, 2015 Masayoshi and Yoko Matsumoto wanted a home designed for cats, because they love their cats and because they believe what’s …
Yokohama narrow tiny house breathes, attracts local nature by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2015 On a site 3.3 meters wide and 10 meters deep, architect Takeshi Hosaka planned a dream home for himself and …
