Schemata Architects transforms 145-year-old townhouse into Le Labo flagship
Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has combined Japanese and Western designs inside a traditional wooden townhouse in Kyoto to create a store for perfumery brand Le Labo. More
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Teki Design creates Kyoto cafe as hub to "learn about the future of coffee"
2050 Coffee is a minimalist self-service coffee shop in Kyoto designed to raise awareness about sustainability issues surrounding the future of the drink. More
Soba restaurant Kawamichiya takes over century-old townhouse in Kyoto
Japanese studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have transformed a townhouse in Kyoto into a noodle restaurant that combines traditional residential details with modern geometric interventions. More
G Architects Studio clad Kyoto coffee stand in rapidly oxidised copper
Japanese practice G Architects Studio used soy sauce and ammonium chloride to rapidly oxidise the copper cladding of this coffee stand in Kyoto, giving certain areas a distinctive blue-green finish. More
2m26 references traditional food carts for mobile all-in-one ramen restaurant
Kyoto-based architecture and design studio 2m26 has created a compact, movable restaurant from locally-sourced Hinoki cypress timber. More
Umagoya stable in Kyoto features traditional Japanese carpentry
Traditional Japanese joinery in cypress and cedar has been used to construct this stable near Kyoto, Japan, which was designed by architecture studio 2m26 to "connect humans, horses and nature". More
Karimoku opens Kyoto showroom informed by traditional houses and temple gardens
Designer Keiji Ashizawa has created the interior of Japanese furniture brand Karimoku's second showroom, which features a combination of its own wooden furniture and pieces by local artists and artisans. More
Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design transform interior of traditional machiya house in Kyoto
Japanese design studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have renovated a century-old machiya townhouse in Kyoto with minimal interiors that intend to honour the home's existing architecture. More
Nintendo's former HQ to reopen as hotel designed by Tadao Ando
Japanese architect Tadao Ando has transformed a building that was once home to video game giant Nintendo into a boutique hotel. More
Kengo Kuma creates pavilion supported by live bamboo at Kyoto temple
Architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has built a pavilion with a textile roof supported by bamboo stalks on the grounds of a temple in Kyoto, Japan. More
Fumihiko Sano Studio converts Japanese minka into guesthouse and restaurant
Japanese practice Fumihiko Sano Studio has incorporated local craft and traditional materials into the Hishiya restaurant and guesthouse in Fukichiyama, Kyoto, which occupies a renovated 20th-century folk house, or minka. More
Dark roof brings loftiness to small Kyoto terrace house
Japanese-Australian architecture studio Atelier Luke has renovated an old Kyoto row house, giving the narrow home a black-stained timber ceiling to create "a spacious void of shadows". More
Freitag store in Kyoto is designed to resemble the brand's own warehouse
Hazard lines and metal shelving are some of the industrial finishes that Torafu Architects has included in bag brand Freitag's store in Kyoto – which even includes its own workshop. More
Century-old Japanese dwelling transformed into minimalist guesthouse
Japanese architect Uoya Shigenori stripped back and reconfigured this 100-year-old townhouse in Kyoto to create moody and tranquil interiors for Maana Kamo guesthouse. More
Kyoto Station designed as "geographical valley" says video blogger Martin van der Linden
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
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
Fumihiko Sano Studio creates cedar-lined chocolate cafe in Kyoto
Fumihiko Sano Studio has created a cafe and shop for San Francisco chocolatier Dandelion Chocolate, which occupies a century-old house in Kyoto, Japan. More
Pop-up pavilions for kissing and "dangerous play" draw attention to rules of privately-owned public spaces
Tato Architects and Dot Architects are among six studios that created pop-up pavilions at the Kyoto Art Center to examine the various prohibitions that apply to privately-owned public spaces in Japan. More
Glass-fronted bathroom takes centre stage in Kyoto home
Architecture studio 07Beach has placed a bathroom alongside a central courtyard at the centre of this house in Kyoto to give the clients the feeling of "open-air bathing" in their own home. More
Students from Singapore and Kyoto design objects inspired by each other's cities
Students from Singapore and Kyoto have created a series of design objects based on photographs of each other's home city. More