Tomoaki Uno Architects creates peaceful home to be "healing architecture"
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
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Tato Architects uses old barrels to clad exterior of home and shop
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
Blank metal facade of Tokyo home hides tree-planted courtyard
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
Yoshichika Takagi adds translucent facade to asymmetric house in Hokkaido
A house with an asymmetrical roof on the Japanese island of Hokkaido has been renovated and extended by architecture studio Yoshichika Takagi + Associates. More
Louis Vuitton's flagship Osaka store covered in curving glass sails
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
Claesson Koivisto Rune converts 1920s bank building into K5 Tokyo hotel
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has unveiled a boutique hotel in Tokyo, featuring 24 new design products. More
House in Takatsuki by Tato Architects has 16 different floor levels
A series of triangular and rectangular platforms create numerous floor levels inside this house in Osaka, Japan. More
Sugalabo V is Louis Vuitton's first restaurant
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
Large sloping roof shelters House in Gakuenmae by FujiwaraMuro Architects
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 Kyoto reveals interiors designed by Kengo Kuma and Commune
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
Skinny house squeezed into dense Tokyo neighbourhood
A skinny house clad in black steel by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, and features minimalist interiors. More
Adam Nathaniel Furman's Nagatachō Apartment is designed to be a "visual feast"
A bubblegum-pink kitchen and a stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. More
Atelier Kento Eto designs minimal black house hiding lofty interiors
A house in Japan by Atelier Kento Eto is clad entirely in black corrugated metal with sliding doors that reveal a double-height hall with white walls. More
FujiwaraMuro Architects designs minimalist Japanese house to showcase owner's car
This white bunker-like house in Takamatsu, Japan, is designed by FujiwaraMuro Architects with limited openings to draw attention to the owner's sports car. More
BIG and Toyota reveal city of the future at base of Mount Fuji in Japan
Danish architecture studio BIG is designing a "prototype city of the future" with wooden buildings and autonomous vehicles for Japanese car company Toyota near Mount Fuji in Japan. More
Takeru Shoji Architects builds tent-shaped house in Japanese village
Japanese studio Takeru Shoji Architects has completed Hara House, a village home designed to look like a tent. More
Renzo Piano's Kansai airport has a mile-long high-tech terminal
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. More
Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan
Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates used corner windows for a concrete house with views of the sea and Itsukushima Shrine in Japan's Hiroshima prefecture. More
Plywood furniture "islands" are used to customise public housing in Japan
A multifunctional furniture unit made up of raised plywood floors and pegboard walls allows residents in this public-housing complex in Osaka to customise their apartments. More
Concrete spiral staircase disrupts linear interiors of House in Ashiya
A spiral staircase breaks the linear geometry in a Japanese house designed by Kazunori Fujimoto Architects & Associates, which is made nearly entirely of concrete. More