isn't it ironic

Property Registration Offices in Spain 

Property Registration Offices by Irisarri Piñera Arquitectos seeks a balance between a joint organization, and not give up the presence of clustered buildings, between get a sense of unitary piece, and the inherited. Interlacing three types of interventions; rehabilitation, restructuring for new uses, and the partial replacement, selecting items of value and traces of the place.

Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank

The project locates in Pak Chong district, near the perimeter of Khao Yai National Park, one of the country’s most visited weekend destinations. This blossoming vacation town is occupied mainly by two types of architecture; the ones predominated with large openings and access to hillside view, and those with the replicated aesthetics of Western architecture. But what Yellow Submarine Coffee Tank by Secondfloor Architects proposes is something different.

While the realized architectural form seems like quite a contrast to the nature, it possesses a strong connection with the site and the surroundings. The enclosed space allows users to not only see but contemplate the things they might have overlooked, from simple human interactions to the humble magnificence of nature. Ambience becomes one of the key ingredients of the architecture, and meaningfully, the space is formed, serving its own role and presence as a memorable architectural space while adding a new awareness to people’s perception of and attitude towards architecture.

Miki Takahashi born 1978 is a motion designer / video editor / photographer from Tokio, Japan.

Through double exposure, the Toyko-based artist allows portraits of herself to reveal her inner feelings. The merged cityscapes of her “Inside” series become vessels of feeling, emotion, and allusion. Time stands still, captured in moments of floating freedom and inward reflection. The urban space opens itself up to an invisible sense of emotion, before absorbing the very same. The poetic style of the shots also portrays a narrative of city life. Tokyo is revealed to us from an unusual, unfamiliar perspective. These self-portraits are therefore both moving and remarkably expressive.

Stephan Reisner

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