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Ban is most famous now for his innovative work with paper and cardboard tubing as a building material. He was the first architect in Japan to construct a building primarily out of paper with his paper house, and required special approval for his building to pass Japan's building code. Ban is attracted to using paper because it is low cost ...
Dec. 12—A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build home for displaced fire survivors to Maui. A renowned Japanese architect has brought an example of a quick-build ...
The film's book basis, Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr, was given a hardcover film tie-in release in 1989, featuring a film still of Charlotte Burke reaching towards a stormy sky with the imaginary house in the background, along with a bottom-corner caption reading, "new major feature film Paperhouse". The release was unusual, as most ...
The Paper House is a historic house museum in Rockport, Massachusetts, United States. It was constructed between 1922 and 1924 by American engineer Elis F. Stenman as a summer house. He decided to leave the walls unclad and formed only from their varnished newspaper insulation. He later added furniture constructed from rolled newspaper.
While you may be wary about living in a 3D-printed home, these structures are definitely livable. “3D homes are durable enough to be lived in, especially as they are made from concrete,” Patel ...
The living space of houses and condominiums is larger than apartments. The average size of an owned residence in Japan is 121.7 m 2 (36.8 tsubo; 1,310 sq ft). This varies wildly between major urban areas (Tokyo: 91.0 m 2 or 27.5 tsubo or 980 sq ft) and rural areas (Toyama Prefecture: 178.4 m 2 or 54.0 tsubo or 1,920 sq ft).
The tiny-house movement (also known as the small house movement) [1] is an architectural and social movement promoting the reduction and simplification of living spaces. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Tiny homes have been promoted as offering lower-cost and sometimes eco-friendly features within the housing market, and they have also been promoted a housing ...
The term ' hanok ' appeared for the first time in a paper about houses on April 23, 1907. In that paper, hanok was used in reference to the specific area along Jeong-dong road from Donuimun to Baejae school. At that time, instead of using hanok, terms like jooga (meaning living houses) and jaetaek (meaning a variety of houses) were more widely ...