Nendo overhauls womenswear and hat departments at Seibu Shibuya
Japanese studio Nendo has returned to the Seibu Shibuya department store to revamp the women's fashion floor and hat area, using pastel colours and zig-zag patterns. More
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Salt completes Tokyo music showroom for Steinway & Sons based on piano components
This Tokyo piano shop is designed by local architecture studio Salt to reflect the craftsmanship of the instruments on sale inside (+ slideshow). More
Swedish studio Elding Oscarson completes Tokyo residence with a striped facade
Bands of timber alternate with slices of glazing across the facade of this Tokyo house by Swedish studio Elding Oscarson, offering a degree of privacy while also exploiting views of the garden (+ slideshow). More
Tomoyuki Kurokawa Architects completes Tokyo building covered in holes
The faceted volume of this concrete mixed-use block in Tokyo is punctured by a series of holes that form windows, balconies and open-air stairwells (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma denies plagiarising Zaha Hadid's Tokyo stadium design
Kengo Kuma has rubbished claims by Zaha Hadid that his replacement design for her scrapped Tokyo Olympic stadium has "remarkable similarities". More
Buddhist temple in Tokyo upgraded by Satoru Hirota Architects
Satoru Hirota Architects has overhauled the site of a Buddhist shrine dating back to Japan's Edo period, adding a triangular reception hall and a priest's quarters with bare concrete walls (+ slideshow). More
Soichi Mizutani designs Iguaneye Tokyo shoe store as a faceted white cave
Japanese interior designer Soichi Mizutani used computer algorithms to create a human-sized "cave" for Tokyo's Iguaneye Aoyama shoe store (+ slideshow). More
Zaha Hadid accuses Japanese government and architects of collusion over Tokyo stadium
Zaha Hadid has accused Japanese authorities and architects of colluding over the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium project, and says that Kengo Kuma's replacement design has "remarkable similarities" to her own. More
Kengo Kuma beats Toyo Ito to win Japan National Stadium competition
Japanese officials have selected a wooden lattice design by Kengo Kuma for the new National Stadium in Tokyo, which will be the centrepiece for the 2020 Olympics. More
Nendo designs snaking display for Tokyo tableware exhibition
Japanese studio Nendo presents its Colourful Shadows collection of cooking and eating utensils on a winding table display at Tokyo's Eye of Gyre gallery. More
Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito unveil competing bids for Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Toyo Ito have designed rival proposals to build the 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium, replacing Zaha Hadid's competition-winning design. More
Conran and Partners completes huge development on Tokyo's Tama River
Architecture firm Conran and Partners has completed its redevelopment of Tokyo's Futako-Tamagawa area, the city's largest building project of the last decade. More
Kyodo House features a sculptural wood facade and an indoor swing
Japanese studios Sandwich and Team Low-Energy used three truckloads of timber to create the sculptural facade of this Tokyo house that also boasts a two-storey-high library and an indoor swing (+ slideshow). More
Ark-inspired house by Apollo Architects features a symmetrical layout
Apollo Architects & Associates named this Tokyo house after Noah's Ark because it features a symmetrical floor plan and a pointed wooden roof. More
Nendo adds reflective surfaces to offices and cafe in Kenzo Tange's Tokyo arts centre
Japanese design studio Nendo has completed a set of mirrored interiors for a cafe and office in Tokyo's Kenzo Tange-designed Sogetsu Kaikan building (+ slideshow). More
Atelier Tekuto completes crystalline concrete home for two chemists
Volcanic ash is mixed into the concrete shell of this angular house in central Tokyo, which was designed by Atelier Tekuto for a pair of chemists (+ slideshow). More
FT Architects' 4 Columns house features a traditional timber frame and minimal interior
A traditional Japanese construction method was used for this house in Tokyo, which features four wooden columns arranged in a square to support the rest of the timber frame (+ slideshow). More
Muji launches trio of prefab minimal cabins by Morrison, Grcic and Fukasawa
Muji's set of ready-constructed huts were designed by Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison and Naoto Fukasawa as minimal rural refuges for escaping the "hustle and bustle" of the city (+ slideshow). More
Concrete home by Takuro Yamamoto Architects overlooks an allotment and woods near Tokyo
A bright orange wall screens a staircase that leads to a bathroom on top of this concrete house in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects (+ slideshow). More
Little House Big Terrace by Takuro Yamamoto Architects features an elevated yoga terrace
A pair of large terraces channel through one side of this white house in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects, providing residents with an outdoor yoga space and a sheltered parking area (+ slideshow). More