Japan
Shingle-clad home by Starpilots can be split up to make way for a road expansion
Clothes descend from the ceiling at Schemata Architects’ Descente Blanc Tokyo store
Gabled townhouse in Tokyo by Niji Architects is clad in strips of white steel
Tsubasa Iwahashi converts a family home into a stripped-back dwelling for empty nesters
Company’s Secrets of North Japan includes “spirit” costumes and Japanese roller-skates
House in Ikoma has a central void that stretches all the way up to its pitched roof
Junichi Kato clads House in Shigaraki in dark brown-coated steel
Okuwada gives Mook salon in Osaka an oak-panelled makeover
Shimpei Oda creates “inner balcony” in renovated Osaka apartment
Top-heavy ballet school by Y+M Design Office features an oversized roof
House in Tomigusuku by Rhythmdesign features 36 openings across three facades
Glass and steel office by Issei Suma inserted into century-old Japanese cow barn
Open-plan house in Japan by MAMM Design features mezzanine “street”
Angular black walls fold around SRK home in Tokyo by ARTechnic Architects
Shawl House by Y+M Design Office has a roof that slopes down to shelter a tea room and terrace
Snark and Ouvi’s house for an illustrator features exposed wooden beams
House on Awaji Island has a timber porch with a house-shaped entrance
Zaha Hadid teams up with Nikken Sekkei to submit new bid for Tokyo 2020 stadium
Slide House by Y+M Design Office comprises four layers of square concrete frames
Jo Nagasaka knocks through the walls of a Tokyo house to reveal its aged structure
Katsutoshi Sasaki’s House in Yamanote features sleeping platforms raised over an indoor terrace
Zaha Hadid Architects launches campaign to reinstate scrapped Tokyo stadium design
Matsuyama house by TTArchitects features dedicated spaces for watching fireworks
