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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Interiors Office design
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Architecture Residential design
Japan’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 design
Hearth 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 design
Jun 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 Interiors
HIBINOSEKKEI + 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…
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Architecture Residential design
Nendo designs Tokyo house with curved staircase that connects interior with exterior
Multidisciplinary design studio Nendo has designed a two-family home in a quiet residential area of Tokyo. With other houses and apartment buildings pressing around the site, the architectural volume was pushed to the north…
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Atelier Tekuto designs beachfront tourist villas in Kyushu referencing traditional Amami architecture
Japanese practice Atelier Tekuto has collaborated on a collection of seafront villas along a beach in Amami Oshima, part of the Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu in Japan’s southwestern end. DenPaku Tamamihe Beachfront MIJORA villas…