Le Cinq by Ninkipen!
Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. More about Le Cinq by Ninkipen!
Japanese architects Ninkipen! have planted a tree at the centre of this hair salon in Kadoma and surrounded it with mirrored A-frames. More about Le Cinq by Ninkipen!
Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More about House in Senriby Shogo Iwata
Slideshow: none of the elongated rooms inside this curvy apartment block in Osaka are more than two metres wide. More about D-Apartment by Spacespace
Slideshow: a select number of garments at this fashion store in Osaka are presented inside a white cage-like tunnel. More about Le Ciel Bleu by Noriyuki Otsuka
This tiny gabled pharmacy is squeezed into a narrow alleyway between two towering apartment blocks in Osaka. More about Ogimachi Global Dispensing Pharmacy by TKY Japan
Japanese architect Masato Sekiya has completed a house in Osaka with a sloping wall that looks like it’s toppling over. More about Shigita House by Masato Sekiya
Slanted walls pierced by square peepholes bisect this house in Osaka by architects Alphaville. More about House Folded by Alphaville
A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys. More about House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architects
A stark concrete multi-purpose space occupies the ground floor of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Takeshi Hamada. More about House A by Takeshi Hamada
Japanese interior designer Yukio Kimura has created this combined cafe, gallery and second-hand book shop in Osaka, Japan. More about Sorayumebako by Yukio Kimura
Here's a house in Osaka, Japan, by Yoshihara McKee Architects of New York and Tokyo. More about Minamikawa House by Yoshihara McKee Architects
This house by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, is completely lined with with pine shelves to display the owners' extensive collection of books. More about Shelf-Pod by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio
Here's another hair salon by Japanese designer Teruhiro Yanagihara, this time located in central Osaka, Japan, featuring free-standing mirrored boxes. More about NE by Teruhiro Yanagihara
Facet Studio have completed the interior of a vintage shop in Osaka, Japan, using cedarwood, rice paper and linen. More about Habitat Antique by Facet Studio
This bakery shop in Osaka has been refurbished by Japanese firm Ninkipen! with bread displayed on a wooden sleeper and the kitchen sat behind an exposed concrete counter. More about Panscape 2jo by Ninkipen!
Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects and Associates have completed this one-person house with a tobacco shop on the ground floor in Osaka, Japan. More about A Small Tobacco Shop by Avehideshi Architects and Associates
Japanese office Ninkipen have completed this office in Osaka with a facade of aluminum louvres that appear to bubble. More about Mole by Ninkipen!
A central staircase rises through split levels in this narrow house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shintaro Fujiwara. More about A House in Showa-cho by Shintaro Fujiwara
Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects and Associates have completed this house in Osaka, Japan, with a staircase that wraps around the house's internal perimeter. More about Small House with Big Spiral Staircase by Avehideshi Architects
Architect Tsuyoshi Kawata of Japanese studio Tonoma has designed a ceramics market to fill the gap between two buildings in Osaka, Japan. More about The Ceramic Market by Tsuyoshi Kawata