Villa Saitan in Kyoto Japan is one of villa building with unique and artistic exterior design, designed by Eastern Design Office this villa was built on 301.82 square meters area and have 557.7 square meters area. The main characteristic of this building is a striking exterior that was covered with a wall in which holes are cut. The shape of the holes resembles a trunk, leaves, a root and bulbs. It also can be seen as clouds floating over the trees. Concrete shape which is based on nature turns into a hollow cave, light, and sunbeams filtered through trees. The architecture is covered with a wall in which holes are cut. The shape of the holes resembles a trunk, leaves, a root and bulbs. It also can be seen as clouds floating over the trees. Concrete shape which is based on nature turns into a hollow cave, light, and sunbeams filtered through trees. Since curved holes are made on a carved wall surface, it is physically inevitable that the section of holes is also twisted. This distortion resembles the shape of plants and the organic and free style of nature. Visit EASTERN design office offcial site for more detail information.

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The new IMAM building – Women’s Institute and Municipal Archive – building designed by nodo17 (Manuel Perez Romero), this is the one of artistic institute building located in Mostoles, Madrid, Spain. Its an award winning building for a competition which called for new facilities for the Women’s Institute and also the city’s Municipal Archive. The competition brief called for the facade of a former casino to be rebuilt (see pictures). Galvanized steel plates were used on the facade. The architects’ wanted to create a ‘raw’ building, so the structure and services have been left exposed.

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