Japan
Six standout projects unveiled at Designart Tokyo 2026
Alter design exhibition returns to Tokyo with AI-powered tea ceremony and washi paper furniture
Luminous viewpoint by Ryue Nishizawa rises within Japanese landfill site
Not a Hotel to open Not a Museum at Imperial Hotel Plaza Tokyo ahead of demolition
Broken-pitch roof tops wooden House in Yakami by Enter-Archi
Karimoku turns Tokyo showroom into “imaginary Japanese inn”
Not A Hotel reveals design for giant Poké Ball guest room in Japan
Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture uses trapezoid motifs for concrete housing in Tokyo
Tato Architects uses silver-painted ceilings to draw light into Kyoto home
Volunteers tug 360-tonne castle tower towards its original site in Japan
Tivoli creates theme park Japanese neighbourhood in central Copenhagen
Kii uses local limestone and colourful “melting” stools for SR Ice Cream Miyakojima
Former workshop converted into contemporary Japanese home with “a sense of the passage of time”
Minimalist House in Japan by FORM/Kouichi Kimura is “reduced to the essentials”
Home in Kyoto is a “subtle rearranging” of familiar spaces
Studio Armitage creates Field Shelter for people tending allotments in Nara
Tato Architects completes charred timber-clad home in Japan
I IN contrasts concrete architecture with bright colours in Andersson Bell Tokyo store
Keiji Ashizawa clads House in Yatsugatake in charred cedar
Tato Architects combines skinny home with ceramics studio in Kyoto
Aethos London Shoreditch designed using an “East meets East” approach
Shigeru Ban unveils coastal wellness retreat on Awaji Island
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