Tagged Tokyo

Well known for her colorful large-scale installations, Emmanuelle Moureaux has unveiled her first public sculpture in Tokyo.  Dubbed “mirai” (meaning “the future” in Japanese), the artwork visualizes t...

DDAA has designed the flagship store for audio-visual brand Bang & Olufsen in Tokyo, Japan. Located on Namiki-Dori Street in Ginza, the building was completed in 1960 and scheduled to be demolished in two y...

Located in a quiet residential area of Tokyo, Japan, the Stairway House is the latest project of Oki Sato for his friend and former business partner Akihiro Ito. The two met in school and have been friends eve...

CASE-REAL has recently completed a new store for skincare brand Aesop in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. The Japanese design firm has designed the 82.1-square-meter space as a reflection of its context. "Sihinjuku...

Japanese design firm CASE-REAL has recently designed nôl, a ground-level restaurant atelier in Tokyo that talented chefs can use for catering preparation or for irregular dinner events. Thus compared to the...

Opening this February in Tokyo, K5 presents a wholly original concept; a micro-complex where a collective of guestrooms, restaurants, bars and social spaces are bound together by “aimai” — a Japanese wor...

Apollo Architects has recently built a skinny house clad in black steel on a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan. Measuring just 1.4-meters-wide on its smallest side, with a total floor area of 80.58-square-meter...

At 238 meter hight atop Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, the new proposal of French artist Vincent Leroy creates a total extraordinary new vision of the City's sky. Like a spaceship, the proposed installati...

Right in the heart of the governmental administrative district of central Tokyo, London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has recently completed a 160 square meter retreat of pure sensual delight, a small bu...

Foster + Partners has completed the latest Apple Store in Tokyo. Located in the 1973 Mitsubishi Building adjacent to the busy Tokyo Station, the new Apple Marunouchi store has opened to the public on Saturday, ...

To celebrate 100 years of the japanese soft drink Calpis, Emmanuelle Moureaux has unveiled a new installation titled Universe of Words. Coinciding with the Japanese star festival, Tanabata, the work immerses vi...

In open-plan offices, meeting rooms are usually partitioned via walls and doors to ensure privacy and soundproof. In this 33-year-old office building in Tokyo, formerly used for warehousing and R&D, the spa...

Apple has designed a series of new art-based augmented reality experiences, called T, offered at Apple Stores around the world. The three new sessions include an interactive walk featuring works by some of the...

Homme Plissé Issey Miyake’s first flagship store opened its doors in Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo. In a first for the Japanese brand, the pleating machine – used to create Issey Miyake’s signature pleated fabric...

Kosaku Matsumoto has recently renovated a small retail space previously used as a barber shop in Shirokane, Tokyo. The owner had no specific request for the renovated building, except for it would be used as an...

This tiny cafe at Kanda Manseibashi is the eleventh store Blue Bottle Coffee opened in Japan. It is their smallest store with the floor area of 25 square meters and the first takeout-only cafe without seating i...

Following the launch of its Beijing and Shenzen branches in 2018, MUJI hotel will open its third venue in the brand’s hometown Japan early next month. Described by the Japanese brand as "anti-gorgeous, anti-c...

Samsung has recently unveiled one of its biggest Galaxy Showcase in Harajuku, Tokyo, featuring a digital facade conceived by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka. The “Galaxy Harajuku” is the brand’s very f...

Schemata Architects has recently converted the ground floor of a house in Tokyo into a traditional Japanese-style pub where customers can buy and drink sake. The house, located on a backstreet a block away from...

Starbucks celebrates the opening of the Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo. Located in Tokyo’s vibrant and creative neighborhood of Nakameguro, the Roastery’s enchanting design was inspired by the famous cher...

Located in a dense residential district in Fuchū, Tokyo, Cover House's astounding form was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates to create privacy for the residents, while ensuring light-filled int...