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“Framing the Sky” was featured in Casa BRUTUS as an example of “Urban Housing”.

OPEN HOUSE (21-23 March)

OPEN HOUSE (21-23 March): A private residence incorporating the state of the art environmental material.

The new material is SHIRASU, the name of pyroclastic flow of volcanic ash, and 2 years of numerous experiments were carried out before a special individual permit was granted to use the SHIRASU concrete in the field of architecture.

With the generous consent from the client, we are holding an open house.

If you plan to visit, please make reservations by sending e-mail to: info@tekuto.com
Guests without reservations may not be able to enter the house.
We already received many reservations, however we still have some open slots after 3pm on 22(Sun)/23(Mon).

We are looking forward to your visit.

AICA design seminar information. On 30th, May

“From regional material to the architecture and the town planning”
| workshop / lecture

Yamashita does the lecture at Kanazawa on May 30th.
Please see below for more details.

Aica design seminar 2014
“From regional material to the architecture and the town planning”

Japan Institute of Architects Prize award ceremony was held

Japan Institute of Architects Prize award ceremony was held at JIA institute building.
Winning: Boundary House
– Award Announcement

May 23 (Friday), Awards ceremony of Japan Institute of Architects award has been made.

◆ winning work has been published in JIA website.
◆ winning work has been featured on the website International Union of Architects

(UIA).
English: http://www.uia-architectes.org/en/exercer/nouvelles/8732#.U3H5Ixwk974
French : http://www.uia-architectes.org/fr/exercer/nouvelles/8731#.U3H5Lhwk974

Project “Boundary House” is exhibit – (Japon, l’archipel de la maison Japan archipelago, the house) at the exhibition in France

Boundary House is on display in the exhibition “(Japon, l’archipel de la maison) The

house, Japan archipelago, ” Exhibition Tour in the France from May 2014 through

2015.
5 / 14-7 / 31 Poitiers / Poitiers
9/1 to 11/30 Rouen / Rouen
1/31 Nice / Nice 12/1 – 2015
Paris 2015 (Paris), Lille (Lille), Amiens (Amiens)

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Our ‘Monoclinic’ is featured in Designboom!
It is a compact second house for a couple in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. A dynamic skylight is provided as an interface between the house and the sky- Yasuhiro Yamashita thinks that the sky is the only and the most important natural element that we can fully embrace in our daily life in the city.
Please check it out.
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/atelier-tekuto-angles-roof-plane-at-polyhedral-monoclinic-house-01-07-2014/