Nendo wraps timber grid around plant-filled balconies of Japanese office
Plant-lined balconies and a grid-like facade wrap around the glass Kojimachi Terrace office in Tokyo, which Nendo has designed "to bring the outside in". More
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Takeshi Hosaka designs tiny house in Tokyo with funnel-like roofs
Architect Takeshi Hosaka has built himself a micro home in Tokyo that has a total floor area of just 19 square metres and features a pair of curved roofs. More
Kouichi Kimura builds fortress-like Tranquil House in Japan
Japanese architect Kouichi Kimura has completed a concrete house in Shiga, Japan, as a self-contained space that promotes serenity and silence. More
House in Hokusetsu by Tato Architects is designed as a labyrinth
A geometric pattern of square-shaped rooms connected by rhombus-shaped circulation areas forms House in Hokusetsu, Osaka, by Japanese firm Tato Architects. More
Toru Kashihara Architects designs stepped concrete temple in Tokyo
Shoraku-Ji is a Buddhist temple next to a cemetery in northeast Tokyo by Toru Kashihara Architects with a stepped concrete design that aims to subvert traditional temple architecture. More
Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates designs house in Japan based on a Möbius loop
Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates has completed Topological Folding House, a home formed of a continuous white strip that wraps around to form floors, ceilings and balconies. More
House in Toyonaka embeds windows in gaps between monolithic grey boxes
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed House in Toyonaka, Osaka, as a series of offset boxes with gaps between them that allow light and air to enter the house, while maintaining the occupants' privacy. More
Explore eye-catching Japanese houses on our Pinterest board
We've updated our Pinterest board dedicated to the best Japanese houses, including a home on Okinawa Island with a metal-mesh canopy covered in plants and a house made up of spiralling platforms. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
Unpaid internships "strong part of the social fabric" in Japan
Architects and designers in Japan have defended unpaid internships in the country, saying it is a cultural tradition with deep roots. More
Sushi Singularity makes a bespoke dinner based on your bodily fluids
Japanese conceptual design studio Open Meals has announced a restaurant concept that will use a customer's saliva, faeces and urine to create 3D-printed sushi tailored to their nutritional needs. More
Japanese cherry blossoms inform Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch design
The 2020 Olympic torch has been unveiled ahead of next year's Games in Tokyo, designed by Tokujin Yoshioka to resemble the cherry blossom flower. More
Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic Games pictograms that nod to 1964 originals
Tokyo 2020 has unveiled a set of 50 retro-style sport pictograms that pay homage to the icons introduced at the first Tokyo Olympics in 1964. More
Kengo Kuma designs building for Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has teamed up with Starbucks on a coffee house featuring origami-like ceilings and trails of cherry blossoms, designed to offer customers a more theatrical experience. More
Shigeru Ban designs boutique hotel that winds through woodland in Japan
A "seamless flow" of spaces including a library, 250-tree garden and a shared social space form the heart of the Shigeru Ban-designed Shishi-Iwa House boutique hotel in Japan. More
Schemata Architects completes industrial-style pop-up store for Hay
Scaffold-like partition walls and timber display units appear inside this pop-up store that Schemata Architects has designed for Danish homeware brand Hay. More
Foster + Partners models Apple Store in Kyoto on traditional Japanese houses
Foster + Partners has completed the first Apple Store in Kyoto, Japan, which has a translucent facade informed by the materiality of traditional Japanese houses and lanterns. More
Apollo Architects & Associates hides courtyard behind Cover House's metal facade
A windowless wall punctured by a giant void projects from this steel-clad Japanese house near Tokyo, creating a secret "exterior living room". More
Igarashi Design Studio's Zero Space is filled with furniture based on river-weathered pebbles
Pebble-like seats in pastel hues offer students a place to recline in this recreational area, which Igarashi Design Studio has created for an arts university in Tokyo. More
Fumitaka Suzuki designs a cheese tart shop made from gleaming metal
Designed to evoke the heat and scent of the freshly baked cheese tarts that it sells, this store in Japan, which just won Retail Interior of the Year at Dezeen Awards, is made from warm-toned galvanised metal. More
Japanese space research centre will be suspended over moon-like crater
Clouds Architecture Office's concept designs for the Avatar X space exploration campus in Japan, will have a robotics research centre suspended over an man-made crater. More