Tokyo Olympics to be postponed until 2021
Breaking news: the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed until next year as it becomes the latest global event to be impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. More
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Claesson Koivisto Rune converts 1920s bank building into K5 Tokyo hotel
Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has unveiled a boutique hotel in Tokyo, featuring 24 new design products. More
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Skinny house squeezed into dense Tokyo neighbourhood
A skinny house clad in black steel by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, and features minimalist interiors. More
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Adam Nathaniel Furman's Nagatachō Apartment is designed to be a "visual feast"
A bubblegum-pink kitchen and a stripey watermelon-green floor are some of the features inside this Tokyo apartment, which designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has completed in a sugar-sweet colour palette. More
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"We are totally kicked out" from working in Tokyo, says Atelier Bow-Wow
Major development spurred on by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has greatly reduced opportunities for smaller architecture studios in the city, according to Atelier Bow-Wow. More
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Lexus designs LF-30 Electrified concept to develop "mutual understanding" between car and driver
Lexus considered the relationship between a horse and its rider when designing the LF-30 Electrified concept car, which represents the Japanese brand's vision for a future generation of electric vehicles. More
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Suppose Design Office recreates Japanese engawa inside Slack's Tokyo outpost
Suppose Design Office has reimagined traditional elements of Japanese architecture inside the Tokyo workspace of tech company Slack. More
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Foster + Partners' latest Apple Store opens in central Tokyo
The latest Apple Store in Tokyo is fronted by a row of two-storey protruding windows that turn the shopfront into a series of display cabinets. More
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Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects pare back Tokyo apartments
Concrete walls, wooden floors and simple furnishings form "transparent" living spaces within this pair of formerly light-starved Tokyo apartments renovated by Norm Architects and Keiji Ashizawa Design. More
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SO&CO squeezes 2.7-metre-wide office block into alley in Tokyo
SO&CO has slotted a skinny office building into an alley between two buildings in Tokyo, Japan, which contains five tiny concrete workspaces. More
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Pelli Clarke Pelli reveals Japan's tallest skyscraper
Construction has begun on Japan's tallest building, a 330-metre-tall skyscraper in Tokyo designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. More
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Heatherwick Studio reveals designs for "gigantic planted pergola" in Tokyo
Construction has begun on the Toranomon-Azabudai district in central Tokyo, where Japan's tallest skyscraper will sit alongside buildings and a landscaped pergola designed by Heatherwick Studio. More
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One-room hotel Trunk House includes Tokyo's tiniest disco
Hotel brand Trunk worked alongside design studio Tripster to create this boutique hotel in Tokyo, which takes cues from traditional Japanese aesthetics – but unusually boasts its own miniature nightclub. More
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Tokujin Yoshioka puts garment making on show inside Tokyo's Homme Plissé flagship
An industrial pleating machine is the focal point of Issey Miyake's Homme Plissé flagship store, which has opened in Tokyo, Japan. More
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Ryoji Iedokoro turns Tokyo's Nikunotoriko restaurant into indoor cave
Low lighting, rough stone-effect walls and water-like glass floors help create a cave-like atmosphere inside this restaurant in Tokyo designed by architect Ryoji Iedokoro. More
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Nendo wraps timber grid around plant-filled balconies of Japanese office
Plant-lined balconies and a grid-like facade wrap around the glass Kojimachi Terrace office in Tokyo, which Nendo has designed "to bring the outside in". More
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Takeshi Hosaka designs tiny house in Tokyo with funnel-like roofs
Architect Takeshi Hosaka has built himself a micro home in Tokyo that has a total floor area of just 19 square metres and features a pair of curved roofs. More
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Toru Kashihara Architects designs stepped concrete temple in Tokyo
Shoraku-Ji is a Buddhist temple next to a cemetery in northeast Tokyo by Toru Kashihara Architects with a stepped concrete design that aims to subvert traditional temple architecture. More
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Sushi Singularity makes a bespoke dinner based on your bodily fluids
Japanese conceptual design studio Open Meals has announced a restaurant concept that will use a customer's saliva, faeces and urine to create 3D-printed sushi tailored to their nutritional needs. More
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Five designs for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
As the countdown for next year's Tokyo 2020 Olympics continues, we have rounded up five standout designs for the much-anticipated summer Games, from Kengo Kuma's Olympic stadium to a duo of service robots by Toyota. More
