voids and vertical space reinterpret traditional japanese machiya on a compact site in tokyo
Takumi Wakui + Riho Wakui Architects’ House in Kagurazaka Located on a compact 33 sqm site in…
why japanese architects carve parking into tiny urban homes
carving a void in the home At the corner of two narrow streets in Tokyo, an orange…
what do we stop seeing at home? ULTRA studio reframes domestic perception
an unfamiliar object in plain sight At the center of a Tokyo residence dubbed After Image, Japanese…
acne paper pink library arrives at standBy harajuku in tokyo
pink library in tokyo celebrates 30 years of acne paper Acne Studios transforms Tokyo’s art gallery StandBy…
sculptural copper canopy tops micro-landmark community hub in tokyo
HATMACHIDA shapes a MICRO-LANDMARK AS CIVIC INFRASTRUCTURE Designed by Nikken Sekkei, Hatmachida is a 22.7-sqm community hub…
TOTO GALLERY·MA highlights work of architect suzuko yamada
step inside the newest show at TOTO GALLERY·MA At TOTO GALLERY·MA, Suzuko Yamada: Parallel Tunes presents architecture…
VUILD’s ‘prewood’ project tests how modular timber can adapt to tight urban sites in tokyo
prewood: a compact timber insertion in tokyo In Tokyo, VUILD completes prewood, a compact timber building that…
naf architect & design reveals curved core behind tokyo facade
naf architect & design opens wall ajar house to greenery in japan In a dense residential pocket…
colored glass apertures reveal lively tokyo bar through bright blue entrance
Ogikubo Bar’s renovation focuses on the entrance door Renovated by Ateliers Mumu Tashiro, Ogikubo Bar is a…
bold sculpted volumes shape stationary store in tokyo by MET team architects
Sculptural PLOTTER Flagship emerges in Tokyo Designed by MET Team Architects, the Tokyo Flagship Shop for Japanese…
terrace arcs toward the street to bring light in tokyo home by HOAA
HOAA adds a looping terrace to brighten a dense tokyo home House in Nakano by Hiroyuki Oinuma…
kazuyo sejima shapes POLA GINZA as garden-like landscape in tokyo
kazuyo sejima frames POLA GINZA flagship as a temporal landscape POLA GINZA, conceived by Japanese architect Kazuyo…