Fukasawa, a residential area in south-west Tokyo, is quietly known for its architectural charm, with typically small ...

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

Following its very own principles, Japanese architecture is a true exhibition in balance: balance between history and modernity, between tradition and innovation. It is everything from centuries-old ...

Contemporary Japanese Architecture (cover). Courtesy of TASCHEN. The contemporary architecture of Japan has long been among the most inventive in the world, recognized for sustainability and infinite ...

Introduction -- Arata Isozaki. Kobo-an ; Uji-an ; Yoidorebune ; Sanchu-kyo ; Kenshu-an -- Tadao Ando. Tea House in Oyodo ; Tea House for Soseikan ; Paper Tea House ; Tea House in Sakura Garden -- ...

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’s skyline has been increasingly crowded by construction cranes since Japan’s winning bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. For some, they represent progress and economic promise; for others, ...

Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...

Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...