Ant House by mA-style architects
Japanese studio mA-style architects has completed a metal-clad house with a smaller wooden house inside (+ slideshow).
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The playhouse-like structure has a gabled rooftop that just skims the uppermost ceiling of the two-storey residence in Makinohara, which itself is a rectilinear box.
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Located at the centre of the house, the little structure contains living rooms on both levels, while bathrooms and a closet are also slotted inside it on the ground floor.
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Openings in the walls and ceiling provide windows to the rooms beyond, which include a kitchen and dining room below and bedrooms above.
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Other Japanese houses we've featured include one with a climbing wall inside and another with hardly any walls.
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Here's a few extra details from the architects:
Project name: ant-house
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Location: Shizuoka, Makinohara, Japan
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Program: Single family house
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Year: Completion: 2012
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Project by: mA-style architects
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Team: Atsushi Kawamoto & Mayumi Kawamoto
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