Natural by Manuel Alvarez Diestro
Photographer Manuel Alvarez Diestro has sent us these photographs documenting growing high-rise cities in Asia. More
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GR230 by Code
This motorway service station along Route 230 in northern Japan, by architects Code, has a black, rectangular form that snakes up from the ground towards a nearby mountain. More
Niseko Look Out Cafe by Design Spirits
Japanese studio Design Spirits refurbished this cafe at a ski resort in Hokkaido by inserting timber lattice partitions. More
AMA House by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates
Every room of this house in Japan by local architects Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates is contained in a separate block, connected by sliding doors. More
House of Wakayama by Yoshio Ohno Architect & Associates
The roof of this house in Hashimoto, Japan, by designers Yoshio Ohno Architect & Associates folds around to become an exterior canopy with triangular reveals. More
Hiroshima Park Restrooms by Future Studio
This colourful series of public toilets recently completed by Japanese architects Future Studio in Hiroshima have been designed to resemble origami cranes. More
Tsumuji+Hako by UID Architects
This house in Fukuyama, completed by Japanese studio UID Architects, is composed of four separate blocks clad in black-stained cedar. More
Cornet Boutique by Kazutoyo Yamamoto
The interior for this clothing boutique in Japan designed by Kazutoyo Yamamoto of Japanese Studio Dessence is filled with stone partitions that have arched doorway openings. More
Roku Museum by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
This small art gallery in Japan by Tokyo architects Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has a softly curved exterior shape, sliced at one end to create a wide entranceway. More
Nest by UID Architects
Japanese studio UID Architects have completed this timber house at the foot of a mountain in Japan that has wide openings in the walls and roof, as well as between the ground and first floors. More
Musashino Art University Library by Sou Fujimoto Architects
Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us these photographs of a university library in Tokyo by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto that has an exterior of timber shelves covered by planes of glass. More
Puma House Tokyo by Nendo
Designers Nendo of Japan have completed the interior of a showroom in Tokyo for sneaker brand Puma with shoes displayed on a series of timber staircases. More
Kyoto Silk by Keiichi Hayashi
Architect Keiichi Hayashi of Japan has converted this traditional timber townhouse in central Kyoto into a cosmetics store. More
House in Ookayama by Torafu Architects
This house in Tokyo by Japanese practice Torafu Architects creates built-in furniture through the overlapping of interior spaces. More
Inbetween House by Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates
This house in a mountain region outside of Tokyo by Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates is composed of five connected cottages. More
House A by Takeshi Hamada
A stark concrete multi-purpose space occupies the ground floor of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Takeshi Hamada. More
Sugamo Shinkin Bank by Emmanuelle Moureaux
Horizontal layers of colour protrude out from the facade of this bank branch in Tokyo by Tokyo-based French architect Emmanuelle Moureaux. More
Roof on the Hill by Alphaville
Japanese architects Alphaville have completed this terraced house in Takarazuka, Japan with a roof that follows the slope of the site. More
New Kyoto Town House by Alphaville
Faceted wooden panels divide the interior of this house in Kyoto, Japan, by architects Alphaville. More
Tokyo Balconies by KINO Architects
KINO Architects of Japan have completed this four-storey timber and concrete house in Tokyo with balconies on each level. More