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In Tokyo, Architect Kengo Kuma was chosen to design Pigment, an art-supply shop like no other. With more than 4,200 pigments as well as 600 paintbrushes and 50 types of rare glue, this is an artist’s dream come true. None…
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In Iiyama, Nagano, Architect Kengo Kuma which recently won the National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games, was chosen to design the Natyura Cultural Hall. This community complex features two large halls in addition to a civic center, providing the…
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The Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban was among the designers chosen for the Réinventer Paris competition. The competition asked for proposals to revive 23 sites throughout the city of Paris. Shigeru ban submitted a design for an area of land in paris’ 4th arrondissement.
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Fujimori’s playful approach to architecture is on display in his building that houses the Nemunoki Museum of Art. He wanted this humpbacked children’s museum to resemble “a mammoth.”
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The Site of Reversible Destiny is an “experience park” opened in 1995 designed by Nagoya-born, New York-based artist Arakawa Shusaku and his wife and artistic partner, poet Madeline Gins. The theme of the park is “encountering the unexpected,” spreading across about 18,000…
Continue readingIn this Current Work lecture, titled “Between Nature and Architecture,” Fujimoto presents three conceptual early works and six recent projects. The early unbuilt projects, conceived of following his graduation from the University of Tokyo in 1994, illustrate the formation of…
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The Kamoi Museum designed by Japanese Architects TNA and completed in 2012 is an old factory renovation for the KAMOI-KAKOSHI processed paper company in Japan. The Architects aimed to change the dark, cold image of the factory into a bright and comfortable work space. KAMOI-KAKOSHI is…
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There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Nevertheless, the basic forms, spaces, and appearances must be logical. – Kenzo Tange
The Fussa City Hall was completed in 2008 by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto, 40 km from Tokyo. The three tiled building emerges from above an undulating carpet of grass. The “green roof garden” sets across the site, carrying a public recreational space into…
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The Solid Cedar House designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and built with solid cedar was conceived based on the work of acclaimed modernist architect Mies Van Der Rohe.
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Japanese practice Akihisa Hirata Architecture office looked to the larger scale of the neighborhood to design the concept for a Collective Housing in Tokyo titled’ kotoriku’: the irregular roads define the different areas of activity with varying qualities of space, light, and material.
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Built in 1979 by Japanese Architect Togo Murano, the Yatsugatake Art Museum has a unique design with a dome shape like a space port determined by the building materials and the construction method.
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