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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…
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Japanese practice Akihisa Hirata Architecture office looked to the neighborhood’s larger scale to design the concept for a Collective Housing in Tokyo. The project titled ’kotoriku’ is defined by the…
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Completed in 2006, the Ghost House, designed by Japanese studio Datar Architecture is one of Japan’s most minimalist houses.
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The St. Mary’s Cathedral was built in 1964 and designed by Kenzo Tange to replace the old wooden cathedral, in gothic style, burnt during wartime. Tange’s project is both Modernist and Metabolist, abstract and…
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ABE House designed by Japanese Architects Urban Architecture Office is a single family dwelling in Tama-shi, a residential district of Tokyo. Imagined as an outdoor garden, the interior circulation of this houses creates a journey as inhabitants…
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Completed in the year 2000 by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, the Naked House in Kawagoe provides shelter for a family with five members, including two children and the owner’s elderly…
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Tokyo-based architects Satoru Hirota have given a new life to the beloved landmark in north-eastern Tokyo, the Tsunyuji Temple. They have both refurbished and complemented it with modern facilities.
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In this post, we will have a quick trip to Japan through the eyes and lens of Yoshiro Ishii. He’s known as 446i and he is an amazing photographer from Yokohama,…
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Among the eleven finalists that were announced in the international design competition the proposal for the 2020 Olympic Stadium of SANAA and Nikken Sekkei was really appreciated among Japanese.
Continue readingSalaryman #6, is a short 2002 movie, about overwork in Japan, frustration, depression and importance of work-life balance. A man in a suit is sprawled on the floor of an…
Continue readingJapanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has revealed his proposal for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium: The Floating Fountain. A piece of Architecture transformed into a platform for the Olympic Flame.
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Kengo Kuma Architects & Associates has released its Architecture Guide of Tokyo featuring all the construction where KKAA’s office has intervened. The guide samples 42 buildings of KKAA. Kengo Kuma recently won the…
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In 1966 Japanese architect Takamitsu Azuma built the Tower House in a tiny plot of only 12 square meters for his family. The residence grows around a stair six levels…
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Designed in his famous contemporary style, Kengo Kuma’s proposal for the Tokyo Olympic Stadium 2020 conveys a sense of lightness despite its large size. The oval arena is ringed with leafy vegetation…
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