from Kengo Kuma “ATAMI Kaihourou 8-33 Kasuga-cho, Atami-shi, Shizuoka, Japan 1995.03 Japanese Style Hotel (build as a private guest house) 1,125.19m2 The design of this villa was influenced greatly by “Hyuga” Villa, the sole project which Bruno Taut had left in Japan. The design also gained influences by the philosophies of Taut. Taut’s stay in Japan lasted from 1933 until 1936. Meanwhile, his praise over Katsura Palace was ever-lasting. The reasoning for his commendation lied in the fact that the Palace frames the nature yet frames by being one with nature. …”
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from Kengo Kuma

“ATAMI Kaihourou
8-33 Kasuga-cho, Atami-shi, Shizuoka, Japan
1995.03
Japanese Style Hotel (build as a private guest house)
1,125.19m2

The design of this villa was influenced greatly by “Hyuga” Villa, the sole project which Bruno Taut had left in Japan. The design also gained influences by the philosophies of Taut. Taut’s stay in Japan lasted from 1933 until 1936. Meanwhile, his praise over Katsura Palace was ever-lasting. The reasoning for his commendation lied in the fact that the Palace frames the nature yet frames by being one with nature.

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Furniture designer Silas Kopf’s unusual two-door cabinet known as Bricolage presents a self-portrait of the artist enclosing himself in masonry. The storage unit features invisible hinges to refrain from exposing a gap or bump in the brickwork and boasts adjustable interior shelves. The design seems simple enough in its chimney-like layout, but such is the work of an experienced craftsman. Kopf, who hails from Easthampton, Massachusetts, has a degree in architecture from Princeton University, which has given him his foundation for building furniture. He also earned a fellowship to study traditional marquetry in Paris at École Boulle. It was shortly after this educational excursion that Kopf constructed Bricolage, which roughly translates as do-it-yourself or handywork. Additionally, the artist traveled across Europe, stopping in Italy, England, and Sweden where he picked up techniques to expand on his craft.
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Furniture designer Silas Kopf’s unusual two-door cabinet known as Bricolage presents a self-portrait of the artist enclosing himself in masonry. The storage unit features invisible hinges to refrain from exposing a gap or bump in the brickwork and boasts adjustable interior shelves. The design seems simple enough in its chimney-like layout, but such is the work of an experienced craftsman.

Kopf, who hails from Easthampton, Massachusetts, has a degree in architecture from Princeton University, which has given him his foundation for building furniture. He also earned a fellowship to study traditional marquetry in Paris at École Boulle. It was shortly after this educational excursion that Kopf constructed Bricolage, which roughly translates as do-it-yourself or handywork. Additionally, the artist traveled across Europe, stopping in Italy, England, and Sweden where he picked up techniques to expand on his craft.

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Rising Table

Intricate yet minimal approach to table design, using only one flat piece of wood and cut latticework. By Robert Van Embricqs:

The Rising Table ignores the cliched notion that a table is little more than a flat surface that is held up by four separate legs. The result is a surprising mixture of fluid design that blends the multifaceted tabletop with the latticework of wooden beams that function as the center of the construct. From there, the table sprouts four wooden beams that hold up the entire construct.

Not only does this design approach rid itself of every single predictable feature when one imagines a table, it also emphasizes that the Rising Table is indeed made from a single piece of wood.

More information and images can be found at Robert Van Embricqs’ website here

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Source: robertvanembricqs.com

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