Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed a 200m² “suspended” restaurant, Mikuni Izukogen, in Izukogen Shizuoka overlooking the Sagami Bay on the cliffs of Japan’s Izu Peninsula. The terrain of Japan is complex, and various…
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Interiors Residential designKyoto’s 2M26 converts century-old traditional nagaya house into multi-purpose home-office, atelier and event space
Kyoto-based founders of 2M26 multidisciplinary studio Mélanie Heresbach and Sébastien Renauld have designed and built a multi-functional property that serves as their home, office, woodworking atelier and event space. The architect-artist duo renovated a…
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Interiors Office designNendo designs IoT centre for Mckinsey’s Tokyo office with textured glass referencing 0 and 1 digital encryption
Nendo has designed a new Internet of Things Center within the offices of global management consulting firm McKinsey in Tokyo’s Roppongi district. The new centre has three galleries and a lounge area to showcase…
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Architecture Residential designJapan’s DOG Architect designs small house and artist studio with sloping roof that provides view of artwork display wall
Designed by Ryutaro Saito of Tokyo-based DOG Architect and Shun Ide of Nikken Housing System, this small, atelier-style house – 87.23m² on a land area of 123m² – built along the Tokaido Road in…
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Architecture Interiors Residential designHearth Architects designs wooden house with two separate delta roofs in Japan’s Koga-shi town
Designed by Hearth Architects, led by architect Yoshitaka Kuga, this 105m² private residence in Japan’s Shiga prefecture to the east of Kyoto, is located at the end of a T-junction and surrounded by roads…
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Architecture Fashion Interiors Retail designJun Aoki and Associates designs Louis Vuitton Osaka with glass sail facade inspired by its shipping commerce heritage
Underscoring Osaka’s Edo-era historic prominence as a trading hub and its reputation as the City of Water with interwinding rivers and canals, the latest Louis Vuitton Maison Osaka by Jun Aoki & Associates references…
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Architecture Education InteriorsHIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro designs kindergarten in Japan with elements connected to its community heritage
Located amid the rural fields at the foothills of Mt Kirishima in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan, the MRN Kindergarten and Nursery has been designed by architects Hibinosekkei and Youji no Shiro. It’s a well-known deeply-rooted…