M House by architecturew
Principal architects Michel Weenick and Brian White of the architecturew practice, designed this modern minimalist house in Nagoya, Japan.
From the architects:
Responding to limited street access and a cliffside site, the residence is designed to make the most of its unique site. A top floor living area, cantilevered over the entry, is enclosed on both the north and south facades by sliding glass walls that allow the space to open to the sun, breezes and distant views afforded by the site.
Visit the architecturew website – here.
Photography by Andy Boone
Visit the architecturew website – here.
Chris in RVA on 07 Feb 2009 at 8:22 pm #
That is one exposed shower.
alexandre on 07 Feb 2009 at 8:54 pm #
gee, those wires in the front mess the whole clean look…
it’s a lovely house
Cecilio on 07 Feb 2009 at 10:59 pm #
It´s an amazing place, looks so clean and versatil.
Tim on 08 Feb 2009 at 12:23 am #
The white walls make it look like an asylum. It could use more color.
Lance on 08 Feb 2009 at 7:45 am #
I’d be afraid the house would crash on top of me while I was in the pool.
The open living room/kitchen is nice. More color? That yellow is enough to blind you if the sun strikes it. It’s the lack of texture, in my opinion anyway, that doesn’t help the house.
archiyed on 08 Feb 2009 at 8:47 am #
i dont understand why people use transparent showers. is there any big things to show?
A-ionic on 09 Feb 2009 at 1:50 am #
Here in PI we design transparent showers for ‘love rooms’ which makes a more seductive and exciting feel for couples or lovers.
Some like it that way and it actually depends on clients/people. We always all have different views.
Anyway, nice design!
ricardo on 09 Feb 2009 at 4:08 am #
very clean, beautiful
gatito on 09 Feb 2009 at 4:12 am #
actually it’s the wires that do it for me. Otherwise it’s just another boring block.
guerilla on 09 Feb 2009 at 12:14 pm #
I agree with alexandre – the wires really deface the look of the cube form.
kast on 09 Feb 2009 at 11:18 pm #
i dont know why japanease suburban have the tangled wire accrosing their house .maybe the city council have to make it into the earth or the japanease have their standard for earthquake issue… lots of this electric poles makes the eyesore to the japanease architecture as i want to get rid of this tangled wires accrosing the properities…
gatito on 10 Feb 2009 at 8:23 am #
Seems like I’m alone with my love for wires! I just believe that it’s the details that set one minimalistic cube apart from any other minimalistic cube. In this case, I just picked up on the wires, because they add a bit of involuntary life and realism to the scene, making the house visibly connected to its environment. maybe an old-fashioned bit of symbolism anybody?
Evan on 10 Feb 2009 at 2:08 pm #
I love the pops of yellow.
alexandre on 11 Feb 2009 at 1:20 pm #
lol, “old-fashioned bit of symbolism” was great.
i understand gatito’s point, and i too am able to like certain aspects of the wires, like the connection it makes with the environment. But i think there are other things that can do that much better than dirty looking wires… It’s possible to add details more in harmony with the house
alessiox on 17 Feb 2011 at 4:54 pm #
can anyone find this on google maps? if yes please add the coordinates. thanks a lot.
the project is superb and should be visited if someone goes to nagoya