I wish my kindergarten was like that

Saw a programme trailer on CNA which got me googling.

For this amazing kindergarten. Fuji Kindergarten is located in Tachikawa, a suburban part of Tokyo.

(Images from Tezuka Architects.)

Check out this video on Monocle which will take you through some fun aspects of the school. There are also more great pictures.

My favourites are the slide and the classroom skylights which come attached with ropes that students can climb to get to the deck roof.

The Fountainhead

This house makes me think of Howard Roark's Monadnock Valley summer resort.

Maybe it's because Trendir describes it as being "built into a rocky cliff" and how it "boldly hangs above the ocean, connecting desert, water and architecture" while inside, "expansive windows invite the magnificent outdoors in".

It's not quite how I imagined it to look when I read The Fountainhead but there is something about it.

omg this house is so amazing

(Photos by Timothy Griffith for The New York Times. You have to see the rest of the slideshow here.)

It's not just a skateboarder's dream house. It's a dream house, period. It's a great story, read it here on NYT.

Paco House

Living in a futuristic cube.

I feel like I'm somewhere in the faraway future looking at these pictures. I'd be doing what the guy is doing if I lived in one of these.

I like how the floors and walls all hide a little something.



There is an air of extraordinary loneliness surrounding it all. Or maybe it's just my overactive imagination.


By Schemata Architecture, via Trendir which has all the details.

...it can be said that each dwelling unit is realized by experience of two rooms and the city when passing along outside stairs. When you go up outside stairs, you will have experience that it is a wonder climbing a big mountain such as a city. It seems that you have your own house in the foot and summit of a mountain, respectively.

By Sou Fujimoto Architects (can't remember where I came by this link). It says the project was supposed to have been completed in 2008. I would certainly like to see the real thing.

This house is absolutely amazing

Like a Russian doll, this ultra contemporary residence is comprised of three shells of graduated size, and layered to create a nested effect.

Read more about it here on Trendir.