These five Japanese houses will keep you fit

Rebekah Rhoden Contributor

By Rebekah Rhoden in Architecture on Thursday 15 November 2012

In general, the Japanese are a pretty healthy people. But besides eating healthy, some Japanese intertwine exercise with architecture. These five Japanese houses are designed to make exercise unavoidable for their inhabitants. One house has a built-in rock climbing wall, another features a mini-golf course, and another house has floor-to-ceiling sliding poles and undulating concrete floors. If you’re ever a guest in one of these houses, be prepared to break a sweat.

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Futuristic architecture of Alain Demarquette

Anthony le Bourlier Reader Find

By Anthony le Bourlier in Architecture on Friday 2 September 2011

Alain Demarquette is just amazing. His ideas about lines and shapes are totally what I love and he’s addicted to Berlin and Japanese contemporary architecture. His view is a long-term point of view: how people will interact with our XX and XXI century creations?

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