Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden explains the different types of torii gates found at Japanese Shinto temples, in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden reveals some of Tokyo's "invisible" waterways, which flow beneath the city's roads and pavements. More
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden visits Kengo Kuma's new Olympic stadium in Tokyo in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
Hiroshi Hara's monumental Kyoto Station features in the latest short movie by architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden, as part of his contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
In his second video selection for Virtual Design Festival, Martin van der Linden explains the metabolist characteristics of Kenzo Tange's Kuwait Embassy, which the video blogger describes as one of his favourite buildings in Tokyo. More
Kengo Kuma's SunnyHills cake shop illustrates how the architect interprets the Japanese vernacular, according to YouTuber Martin van der Linden in the first of a series of videos from Tokyo shared with Virtual Design Festival. More
Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with Dutch architect Martin van der Linden of YouTube channel One Minute Architecture to present a selection of his best short architecture movies. More
A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. More
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed until next year as it becomes the latest global event to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. More
Design studio Sides Core was charmed instead of challenged by the narrow floor plan of Land beauty salon in Osaka, Japan, which makes the most of its slender proportions. More
Tomoaki Uno Architects has limited the material palette of this windowless Japanese house to cedar and cypress to offer its sick owner a pared-back and therapeutic home. More
Wood salvaged from old miso barrels has been used to clad a house built by Tato Architects in Japan for the owner of a nearby brewery specialising in soy sauces. More
Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters. More
A house with an asymmetrical roof on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has been renovated and extended by architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi + Associates. More
The facade of Louis Vuitton's store in Osaka, designed by architects Jun Aoki & Associates and Peter Marino, is based on the sails of old Japanese merchant ships More
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has unveiled a boutique hotel in Tokyo, featuring 24 new design products. More
A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan. More
Louis Vuitton has opened a restaurant and cafe inside its new store in Osaka, Japan, with interiors fashioned by the brand's in-house design team. More
An oversized roof supported by large wooden beams shades the interiors of this home that FujiwaraMuro Architects designed in the Japanese city of Nara to take cues from the form of a mountain hut. More
Ace Hotel has revealed the first photos of its new venue in Kyoto, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Los Angeles-based design studio Commune. More