Casa Brutus #298 - My Home - February 2025

Casa Brutus #298 - My Home - February 2025

MY HOME 2025
New build? Renovation?
Home building options.

What are the benefits of new build and renovation?

The latest BEST house sample collection!

There are many options for how to get your ideal home, including new build and renovation.New build allows you to freely choose the spatial composition and materials, and you can take your time to build a house from scratch.Renovation allows you to think about building a house from the interior, as the original structure is inherited.

YAECA's Tetsuhiro Hattori and Kyoko chose to renovate a masterpiece house themselves.

In this special feature on houses, we will dissect the renovation plan from the beginning to the details,as well as the housing methods of Tamotsu Teshima, ikken, and Saeko Yamada,and collect house samples for both new build and renovation.

The latest house guide will expand your options for building a house!

HOW TO DESIGN A NEW HOUSE
YAECA's house building, which renovated an experimental house into a comfortable space.
PLANNING: The plan drawn up by Takahashi Kimiko remains the same, but the housing has been updated to a modern level.
LIVING & DINING: Two large windows have been installed while preserving the original appearance.
KITCHEN: The dimensions have been made use of and updated to suit modern living.
PRIVATE ROOM: A space that has undergone repeated changes has been boldly reborn.

HOW TO MAKE A NEW HOUSE
Who would you like to work with to build your dream home? The choice of an architect.
01 Teshima Tamotsu: Building a home with a good presence that feels soft light and natural.
02 ikken: Designing together with a furniture workshop and creating a quality space as a team.
03 Yamada Saeko: A free home for living where diverse elements intertwine.

BEST HOUSE 2025
The latest housing catalogue. [New Construction Edition]
[Yagoto House] by Erika Nakagawa Architectural Design Office / Erika Nakagawa
[ROOF HOUSE] by TAMADA & WAKIMOTO ARCHITECTS / Makoto Tamada + Natsuko Wakimoto
[Teepee House] by mA-style architects / Atsushi Kawamoto + Mayumi Kawamoto
[Private House A] by Akinori Hamada Architectural Design Office / Akinori Hamada + Yuki Sazuka
[PLAIN-VILLA-FOREST] by Ultra Studio / Yuji Mukaiyama + Arisa Ueno + Yuji Sasada

KNOWLEDGE
Which is better, a new build or a renovation?
Basic knowledge about building a house.

BEST HOUSE 2025
The latest housing catalogue. [Renovation Edition]
[O house] by Lemming House/Nakamura Yoshifumi
[Kamogawa House] by Ashizawa Keiji Architects/Ashizawa Keiji + Honjo Rie
[Two-family home in Sakuragaoka] by /360°/Naya Shin + Ota Satoshi
[barn O] by Kimura Matsumoto Architects/Kimura Yoshinari + Matsumoto Naoko

12 SELECTED ARCHITECTS 2025
List of residential design architects

HOUSING NEWS
Housing news for building a home 2025

[Special supplement]
The choice of NOT A HOTEL.

Regulars
Special series with original illustrations by Hoshi Yoriko
Chasing a love story - the color of each love

Takashi Honma TOKYO NEW SCAPES
Sho Sakurai's journey to learn about architecture.
Kashiyuka Shoten - From ancient times to the present

Tomoki Sukezane - MIRACLE CLOSET

Tomomi Nagayama - Design Hunter

Keiko Kodera - Restaurant Forecast

Yoriko Hoshi - Casa's Nekomura-san

Chill CARS - Well-designed cars that are loved through the ages.

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Casa Brutus is a monthly Japanese language lifestyle magazine that features various themes to help readers enjoy their life.