{"id":3515,"date":"2026-04-11T09:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/3515\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T09:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T09:30:06","slug":"this-week-big-revealed-a-trio-of-rammed-earth-villas-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/3515\/","title":{"rendered":"This week BIG revealed a trio of rammed-earth villas in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on Dezeen<\/a>, Danish studio BIG unveiled three rammed-earth villas on the remote island of Sagishima<\/a>, which marks the studio’s first project in Japan.<\/p>\n

The villas, named Not A Hotel Setouchi, were designed for hotelier Not A Hotel and created as “extensions of the dramatic topography”, according to BIG. They sit alongside a restaurant pavilion and have access to a private beach.<\/p>\n

\"Pamela<\/a>Pamela Anderson’s furniture collection was informed by childhood memories<\/a><\/p>\n

In design news, Canadian-American actor Pamela Anderson has released The Sentimentalist, a 40-piece furniture collection<\/a> informed by Anderson’s memories of “her grandmother’s farm along the Salish Sea”.<\/p>\n

She created the pieces together with Los Angeles furniture company Olive Ateliers using rattan, teak and white-and-blue-striped upholstery.<\/p>\n

\"US<\/a>Twelve studios have been chosen to design new US embassies<\/a><\/p>\n

Twelve architecture studios have been chosen by the US Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations<\/a> to work on diplomatic buildings for the next five years. The studios include SHoP Architects, Weiss\/Manfredi and Ennead Architects.<\/p>\n

Also in the US, the East Wing of the White House remains a construction site, following Donald Trump’s controversial East Wing Modernization Project. This week, Dezeen US editor Ben Dreith asked How long will the White House have a hole in the ground?<\/a><\/p>\n

\"National<\/a>London’s National Gallery will get a new wing by Kengo Kuma<\/a><\/p>\n

Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has been appointed to design the\u00a0new wing for the National Gallery in London<\/a> after winning the competition for the project, which will be the museum’s largest transformation in its 200-year history.<\/p>\n

The studio has also collaborated with Danish manufacturer Dinesen on the wood-and-brick Earth \/ Tree installation at art centre Copenhagen Contemporary<\/a>, which draws on the Japanese concept of komorebi.<\/p>\n

\"Line<\/a>The Line 5 – Eglinton line has opened in Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n

Toronto has completed one of the largest North American underground rail lines in decades<\/a>, the 19-kilometre metro Line 5 \u2013 Eglinton.<\/p>\n

The line, which opened in February, has 25 stations in total with a design led by design and engineering outfits Arcadis and AtkinsR\u00e9alis, alongside studios Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker, NORR, and Dialog.<\/p>\n

\"242<\/a>Meganom’s supertall skyscraper will be topped by an infinity pool<\/a><\/p>\n

In skyscraper news, Russian architecture studio Meganom has released renderings showing an infinity pool<\/a> at the top of its 262 Fifth Avenue tower, which will be “the tallest all-residential building on Fifth Avenue”.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of our opinion pieces this week saw writer Matt Shaw explore why “Trump’s presidential library skyscraper makes sense”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Casa<\/a>The angular Casa Mavra was a reader favourite this week<\/a><\/p>\n

Popular projects on Dezeen this week included a “strong and monolithic” house in Mexico<\/a>, a timber-lined home near Tokyo<\/a> and a London housing development with Arts and Crafts details<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen to our journalists talk about the key design and architecture stories of the past seven days on our Dezeen Weekly podcast, which this week focused on a dramatic\u00a0plot twist in the story of Donald Trump’s East Wing redevelopment project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This week on Dezeen<\/p>\n

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