Japan
Expo 2025 Osaka is a chance for “wonderful unity” amid global instability says Sou Fujimoto
Shogo Onodera transforms existing surfaces in Tokyo boutique to “avoid making anything new”
Shigeru Ban uses wood “in abundance” at Toyota City Museum in Japan
Simplicity sets Osaka’s “first modern ryokan” inside Nikken Sekkei high-rise
Japanese food replicas “trigger your memory and stimulate your appetite”
Schemata Architects transforms 145-year-old townhouse into Le Labo flagship
Sixteen Japanese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin
Kengo Kuma & Associates reveals design for Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
“Like a concrete shipping container” says commenter
Studio Cochi Architects creates raw concrete house in Japan
Angled concrete blocks screen home in Japanese forest by Nendo
Thirteen national pavilions designed for Expo 2025 Osaka
Six highlights from Designart Tokyo 2024
Bathtope is a foldable bathtub that mimics origami
Funamachi Base cafe and sweet shop designed as “extension of the park”
Blank walls control light and views at House in Kyobate by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Sabine Marcelis and Ini Archibong among designers to collaborate with Japanese artisans
Wooden louvres create “subtle seclusion” at Tokyo house by Keiji Ashizawa Design
Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei
MAD adds giant bubble to century-old Japanese house
FujiwaraMuro Architects overlaps concrete boxes to form Osaka house
Dezeen Debate features forest house with “brutal privacy screens”
Teki Design creates Kyoto cafe as hub to “learn about the future of coffee”