{"id":720,"date":"2008-09-07T13:28:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-07T12:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/?p=720"},"modified":"2009-10-05T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T14:08:42","slug":"ring-house-karuizawa-by-tna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/09\/ring-house-karuizawa-by-tna\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring House, Karuizawa by TNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-722\" title=\"5_jan2008_02_residence_header\" src=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/5_jan2008_02_residence_header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"157\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When architects Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima (TNA) were asked to design a weekend house 185 miles from Tokyo, they came up with an ethereal, glass and wood mini-tower. Standing three storeys tall amid thick vegetation, it offers uninterrupted 360-degree views, its transparent skin flooded with light during the day and glowing at night when lit from within.<\/p>\n<p>TNA designed rings around the facade so that areas of private space and utilities could be met. The height of each ring was decided by the function concealed behind it.<strong> <\/strong>Built on Owners&#8217; Hill, a resort in the Karuizawa forest near Tokyo, Ring House occupies one of the hundred or so plots set aside for city dwellers to build weekend retreats.<\/p>\n<p>I, personally, am in awe at how awesome this is and its no surprise Ring House won &#8220;Best New Public Building&#8221; in the Wallpaper Design Awards 2008.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/tna2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-721\" title=\"tna2\" src=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/tna2-633x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"633\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_2_100020japan20ring20house202.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-723\" title=\"1091_2_100020japan20ring20house202\" src=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_2_100020japan20ring20house202-310x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_4_100020japan20ring20house204.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-724\" title=\"1091_4_100020japan20ring20house204\" src=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_4_100020japan20ring20house204-310x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_5_100020japan20ring20house205.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-725\" title=\"1091_5_100020japan20ring20house205\" src=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_5_100020japan20ring20house205-310x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_6_100020japan20ring20house206.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-726\" title=\"1091_6_100020japan20ring20house206\" src=\"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/1091_6_100020japan20ring20house206-310x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tna-arch.com \" target=\"_self\">Makoto Takei &amp; Chie Nabeshima\/TNA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wallpaper.com\/news\/design-awards-2008-the-winners\/2029\" target=\"_blank\">Wallpaper Design Awards 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When architects Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima (TNA) were asked to design a weekend house 185 miles from Tokyo, they came up with an ethereal, glass and wood mini-tower. Standing three storeys tall amid thick vegetation, it offers uninterrupted 360-degree views, its transparent skin flooded with light during the day and glowing at night when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[60],"tags":[237,242,72,193,240,236,239,238,241,876],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simoncpage.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}