ARTechnic's Stunning Shell House: Exterior And Interior

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio27ZJSIzIRuc_7TJr0omiFYf5ZnSsnYMcTKZg0iZRMo1jl7NoYB9GSB1In1eJtP9FLdYthao2EvgGYVjQdb6pPYW-sQ175lCOpPLnRUcs2xALl1mIvOeyrQRmTdJRaxt00h5rBnd7kWeI/s1600-h/000166295.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288247148411205682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio27ZJSIzIRuc_7TJr0omiFYf5ZnSsnYMcTKZg0iZRMo1jl7NoYB9GSB1In1eJtP9FLdYthao2EvgGYVjQdb6pPYW-sQ175lCOpPLnRUcs2xALl1mIvOeyrQRmTdJRaxt00h5rBnd7kWeI/s400/000166295.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 425px;" /></a><br /><br />Japanese architecture firm ARTechnic has designed and completed this unusual- but beautiful and minimalist- concrete ovoid home in Karuizawa, Japan. Built in two sections, around a fir tree, it is nestled in a forest and is as amazing inside as it is on the outside.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4i1zGuClmMAocBBSxg_oRDHD2XcqXk5xfK9Oeo0CFTxokQndw8iKD4AgmyhtzD-U0GkzqsDF67qyjTceFeyNBFc4QVeoDWiLDwb-_oV_8jFnCPcdt4fJDAeWphyphenhyphen-ZSPIzECxyZYm4kmp/s1600-h/000166301.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288244974193384754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4i1zGuClmMAocBBSxg_oRDHD2XcqXk5xfK9Oeo0CFTxokQndw8iKD4AgmyhtzD-U0GkzqsDF67qyjTceFeyNBFc4QVeoDWiLDwb-_oV_8jFnCPcdt4fJDAeWphyphenhyphen-ZSPIzECxyZYm4kmp/s400/000166301.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 424px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdZUbYBPgW4rnJ07W4MpTxknv9NS144EjehekgUfseflzfKCLpc3EtaNgmbiGpBnoELqGSaHxOu_Xu_unuELeWnkKkElHY9-9YgaImJA58FAkBDQCQOdPt526KQkrDcyvypmAZmf-HUni/s1600-h/000166297.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288246885208326898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdZUbYBPgW4rnJ07W4MpTxknv9NS144EjehekgUfseflzfKCLpc3EtaNgmbiGpBnoELqGSaHxOu_Xu_unuELeWnkKkElHY9-9YgaImJA58FAkBDQCQOdPt526KQkrDcyvypmAZmf-HUni/s400/000166297.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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ARTechnic's Stunning Shell House: Exterior And Interior

Japanese architecture firm ARTechnic has designed and completed this unusual- but beautiful and minimalist- concrete ovoid home in Karuizawa...

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