Case-Real contrasts plaster and steel inside Aesop store in Shinjuku
Coarse plaster walls offset glinting stainless-steel display fixtures in this restrained store that architecture studio Case-Real has designed for Aesop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. More
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Takenosuke Sakakura imprints trees on frosted glass toilet in Tokyo
Japanese architect Takenosuke Sakakura has created three unisex toilets that glow like a lantern at night in Tokyo's Nishihara Itchome Park as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. More
Tadao Ando creates circular public toilet surrounded by cherry trees in Tokyo
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has completed a circular toilet in a Tokyo park as his contribution to the Tokyo Toilet project. More
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Schemata Architects updates traditional Japanese bathhouse with tiles and Towada stone
Schemata Architects has renovated a traditional sento, or public bathhouse, in Tokyo adding modern touches including a bar serving beer. More
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Japanese house is "a gymnast's delight" says commenter
In this week's comments update, readers are critiquing a Japanese home designed by Suzuko Yamada and sharing their views on other top stories. More
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Suzuko Yamada encloses reconfigurable Tokyo home in permanent scaffolding
This Japanese home designed by architect Suzuko Yamada is connected to its garden through a scaffold of steel pipes and platforms that can be adapted according to the owner's needs. More
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Concrete Tokyo toilet by Wonderwall references primitive Japanese huts
A maze of board-marked concrete walls encloses this public toilet in Tokyo, which interior design studio Wonderwall created for the Tokyo Toilet project and modelled on prehistoric Japanese architecture. More
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Fumihiko Maki tops Tokyo toilet with "cheerful roof"
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki has designed a facility for the Tokyo Toilet project, replacing a public restroom in Tokyo's "Octopus Park" with a new design topped with a thin white roof that it has dubbed the Squid Toilet. More
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Shigeru Ban designs pair of transparent public toilets in Tokyo
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has designed two public toilets for the Tokyo Toilet project with transparent glass walls that become opaque when they are occupied. More
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Nao Tamura bases triangular toilet block in Tokyo on Japanese craft of Origata
New York-based Japanese designer Nao Tamura has squeezed a red public toilet block onto a triangular plot in Tokyo's downtown Shibuya district as part of the Tokyo Toilet project. More
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Tree rises up through centre of House in Yoga by Keiji Ashizawa Design
A greenery-filled courtyard lies at the heart of this home that Keiji Ashizawa Design has created for a family of five in Tokyo's Yoga neighbourhood. More
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Tokyo has cells for living, working, eating, entertainment and sex says Martin van der Linden
In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, video blogger Martin van der Linden uses some of his favourite architecture books to explain the order behind Tokyo's apparently chaotic urban landscape. More
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"Tokyo has turned its back on its rivers" says Martin van der Linden
In his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival, architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden reveals some of Tokyo's "invisible" waterways, which flow beneath the city's roads and pavements. More
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Kengo Kuma's Japan National Stadium is "definitely not iconic" says Martin van der Linden
Architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden visits Kengo Kuma's new Olympic stadium in Tokyo in his latest contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
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Kenzo Tange's Kuwait Embassy "looks like a person carrying two water buckets" says YouTuber Martin van der Linden
In his second video selection for Virtual Design Festival, Martin van der Linden explains the metabolist characteristics of Kenzo Tange's Kuwait Embassy, which the video blogger describes as one of his favourite buildings in Tokyo. More
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SunnyHills cake shop shows how "Kuma is Japan's Walt Disney" says video blogger Martin van der Linden
Kengo Kuma's SunnyHills cake shop illustrates how the architect interprets the Japanese vernacular, according to YouTuber Martin van der Linden in the first of a series of videos from Tokyo shared with Virtual Design Festival. More
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VDF collaborates with Tokyo architecture YouTuber Martin van der Linden to explore Tokyo's "mysterious urbanity"
Virtual Design Festival has teamed up with Dutch architect Martin van der Linden of YouTube channel One Minute Architecture to present a selection of his best short architecture movies. More
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Steel and concrete steps cut through facade of Stairway House by Nendo
A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. More
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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
