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Claesson Koivisto Rune Turns Former 1920s Bank Into Contemporary Hotel in Tokyo
Opening this February in Tokyo, K5 presents a wholly original concept; a micro-complex where a collective of guestrooms,…
Torafu Architects Designs Freitag’s New Store In Kyoto
Designed by Torafu Architects, Freitag‘s new store in Kyoto is characterized by industrial aesthetics, which bring visitors closer…
Apollo Architects Builds Skinny Jewel House In A Dense Tokyo Residential Neighborhood
Apollo Architects has recently built a skinny house clad in black steel on a tiny plot of land…
Kengo Kuma-Designed Ace Hotel Kyoto To Open This Spring
Ace Hotel has revealed the interior of its new venue in Kyoto, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma…
Vincent Leroy’s Illusion Lens Installation Fragments Tokyo’s Sky
At 238 meter hight atop Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, the new proposal of French artist Vincent Leroy…
ALTS Design Office Builds A Tiny Shop For A 12-Year Old Pastry Baker In Japan
Stand on a 16.5-square-meter plot in a residential neighborhood in Ōmihachiman, Japan, Mi-Chan’s Sweets Factory is a 12-year…
FujiwaraMuro Architects Builds House in Takamatsu With A Transparent Built-in Garage
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has built a house for a couple with one child in the Japanese port…
Naruse Inokuma Architects Designs New 9h Nine Hours Namba Station Capsule Hotel In Osaka
Tokyo-based firm Naruse Inokuma Architects has recently completed a new capsule hotel in Osaka for Japanese hotel chain Nine…
Vincent Leroy Imagines A New Installation Playing With The Architecture Of Kyoto
Vincent Leroy imagines a new proposal installation playing with the architecture of the Gion district in Kyoto in Japan. Like…
This Red Cut In The Ground Changes Our Perception Of Mother Earth
In Japan, there is a culture that respects the ground, and the ground is often compared to a…
Schemata Conceives New Aesop Lucua Store In Osaka As A Soft Beige Mirage
From a distance, through the façade’s luminous fiberglass, the new Aesop Lucua in Osaka, Japan, designed by Schemata…
Yusuke Seki Converts A Kyoto Building Destined For Demolition Into A Pop-Up Store For Bang & Olufsen
Over the course of three months, this project transformed two floors of a former clothing store in Kyoto…
Adam Nathaniel Furman Designs This Colorful Apartment In Tokyo As A Hyper-Aestheticized Celebration Of The Senses
Right in the heart of the governmental administrative district of central Tokyo, London-based designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has…
Foster + Partners Completes Apple Marunouchi Store In Tokyo
Foster + Partners has completed the latest Apple Store in Tokyo. Located in the 1973 Mitsubishi Building adjacent…
Emmanuelle Moureaux Creates A Colorful Universe Of Words In Tokyo
To celebrate 100 years of the japanese soft drink Calpis, Emmanuelle Moureaux has unveiled a new installation titled…
Fujiwaramuro Architects Creates Arched Walls To Divide This House In Konohana
Fujiwaramuro Architects has built a residence for a couple and their two children in the Osaka’s old town…
Emmanuelle Moureaux Floods Kenzo Tange’s Imabari City Auditorium With 1000 Color Wave
Emmanuelle Moureaux has filled Kenzo Tange’s Imbari City Auditorium in the Ehime Prefecture, Japan with the ‘1000 Color…
Organic Design Architecture Reorganizes A Workspace In Tokyo Using Steel Bars
In open-plan offices, meeting rooms are usually partitioned via walls and doors to ensure privacy and soundproof. In…
F.A.D.S And Fujiki Studio Build A Porous Manifold As A Japanese Tearoom In Niigata
F.A.D.S and Fujiki Studio have realized a temporary ten-foot hut in Shinku-ku, Japan, that serves as a Japanese…
FORM/Kouichi Kimura Builds Slender House In Suburban Japan
A cluster of concrete and metal cuboids combines to create the Slender House in Shiga prefecture, Japan by…
Yoshichika Takagi + Associates Renovates Deformed Roof House In Rural Japan
Japanese Architecture firm Yoshichika Takagi + Associates has completed the renovation of a rural 1970s-era home into the…