Challenged to build homes that create a feeling of light, space and tranquility in some of the world's most densely populated areas, Japanese architects have had no choice but to think outside the box ...

This wood-clad Japanese contemporary home in Niseko blends into a secluded forest of birch and pine trees yet is minutes from some of the best skiing in Japan and all of Asia. “Niseko is Asia’s ...

'In traditional Japanese homes, deep eaves linked the interior with the garden,' the architects continue. This allowed the structures to have soft light inside, keeping the interiors layered and ...

It is all about the progression through the spaces. We have often seen new Japanese houses that are...weird, and certainly not "traditional." Sumiou Mizumoto of Alts Design Office shows us a new house ...

There’s a surfeit of unorthodox, wildly creative Japanese houses out there, and 400 of them are packed into Jutaku: Japanese Houses, a new tome from Phaidon. Writer Naomi Pollock wondered, “why do ...

This simple yet elegant home by Key Architects is not just an intriguing example of modern Japanese design — it’s also is the first certified Passive House in Japan. Simplicity has its rewards, and ...

At the beginning of 2020, interior designer Brygida Michon and her husband, Neil Rajpal, had just moved back from Paris to New York, and were looking for a tranquil home away from home, outside of the ...

Tokyo-based Schemata Architects have renovated a traditional Japanese residence into a modern dwelling with an office, while keeping many of the 80-year-old building’s original features intact.

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TEA FOR THREE THE CONTEMPORARY TEA HOUSE: JAPAN`S TOP ARCHITECTS REDEFINE A TRADITION By Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando & Terunobu Fujimori. Tokyo: Kodansha. 2007. г22 There can be few building forms more ...

Ryota Yokozeki Studio has created a set of furniture for a tea brand recalibrated to a modern lifestyle. The project was created for Takizme, a tea brand based in Shinagawa Tokyo offering Japanese tea ...