Dezeen Debate options "unsettling" staggered housing on Japanese hillside

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Kengo Kuma and Associates has accomplished Miyanomori, a staggered housing improvement on the backside of the Okura Mountain within the metropolis of Sapporo, Japan.

Consisting of 15 houses, the event’s staggered plan was designed to offer residents with pure gentle and scenic views.

Commenters weren’t bought on the mission. One thought the concept that one resident’s balcony is one other resident’s roof was “unsettling”, whereas one other thought the steps have been “too steep”.

The red-brick International Rugby Experience building by Niall McLaughlin Architects on Limerick's high street — Niall McLaughlin Architects creates red-brick beacon for Worldwide Rugby Expertise in Eire

Different tales on this week’s e-newsletter that fired up the feedback part embody a seven-storey museum in Limerick by Niall McLaughlin Architects, a suburban home in Croydon by Francesco Pierazzi Architects and a police station in Germany by Wulf Architekten.

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