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Friday, May 28, 2010

External creed from Kensuke Watanabe

Architectural bureau Kensuke Watanabe Architecture Studio became the author of this project: near to church in the city of Tokorozawa have erected an arch at which top the cross towers.

Cross Tower in the city of Tokorozawa

The construction is called “Cross Tower”, height of a design of 7,8 metres. The tower is made of steel plates by thickness of 28 mm., painted in white colour.

Church in Japan

Tower support are directed to a bottom, creating original gate, through which parishioners are included into church.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Interior for sincere recover

The project of Japanese design bureau Nendo is an interior of clinic for insane persons which is in Tokyo. All these doors are continuous illusion. Patients and the personnel move on a building through special sections which open in walls.

Akasaka Clinic

The clinic is called MD.net Clinic Akasaka. Walls and book shelves behind which rooms for consultations and conversations disappear Here move.

Psychiatric clinic

From all train of doors opens unique, in the end of a corridor — behind a door the window in an external world is hidden. The clinic specialises on all kinds of mental frustration: here standard consultations of the psychiatrist, corporate consultation are carried out and there is a support to the patients who are coming back after illness to work.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Double small house

Japanese architect Akio Nakasa has constructed two houses for one family. They closely adjoin each other and are constructed absolutely nearby, being and a uniform complex and, simultaneously, a combination of elements.

“A House Made of Two”

Two houses for one family

Houses look against each other and surround an internal court yard; visually separate buildings are connected by marks on paths, and also flexible lines of the facade, similar forms and materials.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Rain chains instead of drains

For gathering of rain water drainpipes are usually used. Despite long-term tradition of their use, it is possible to note some lacks: it is not visible problems in pipes, the regular control and service is required, at last, them will not name beautiful.

Rain chain — made in Japan

Recently more and more popular worldwide there are rain chains which are used for a long time in Japan for gathering of rain water. Their doubtless advantages are not only aesthetic value, but also ease of installation, absence of necessity of additional service, durability, stability to temperature drops. It is possible to use the most different variants for gathering of rain water.

The rain chain is an excellent ornament of the house and a garden in any weather. During rains of a droplet of water, hitting about chain links, create a soft melodious sound. The Japanese rain chain easily fasten on roof corners, providing a drainage system in any capacities.

In Japan for these purposes usually use copper or ceramic bowls. You can put any capacity for water gathering, for example, traditional flanks. The collected water then can be used for watering of house plants as rain water does not contain some chlorine and fluorides as potable water.

Iridescent Japanese garden