World's tallest timber tower proposed for Tokyo
Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has revealed plans for the world's tallest wooden building in Tokyo, a 350-metre skyscraper that would also be the country's highest. More
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Blade Runner-style photographs capture Tokyo's infrastructure
Australian photographer Tom Blachford waited until night to capture these neon-tinted photographs of Tokyo's metabolist buildings, which he says could have been built in a "distant future". More
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Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects
Jo Nagasaka's architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. More
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Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects divides up tiny Tokyo apartment with sliding screens
Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has renovated a room inside a reinforced-concrete building in Tokyo to create a 34-square-metre studio apartment that can be divided up with sliding wooden screens. More
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Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao
Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. More
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Tadao Ando creates full-scale mock up of Church of the Light for Tokyo exhibition
A full-size model of Church of the Light takes centre stage in a survey of Tadao Ando's 50-year career – even though the architect told Dezeen his latest projects are his best work. More
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Dezeen's new Pinterest board takes you to Tokyo
As Tokyo's first Designart festival draws to a close, our Pinterest board hones in on the most exciting architecture and design from the Japanese capital. The board includes YUUA Architects' 2.5-metre-wide house, KPF's futuristic 12.5-square-kilometre district and everything in between. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Honda's latest concepts focus on artificial intelligence
Honda has unveiled a series of AI devices and transport concepts at this year's Tokyo Motor Show, including a sports car that communicates with its driver, and a robot that can turn into an "impromptu cafe". More
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Designart festival aims to "put Tokyo on the map" as a destination for design, say founders
A new design festival aiming to revitalise Tokyo's creative scene launched last week, as doubts emerged over the future of rival event Tokyo Designers Week. More
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Schemata Architects creates red-toned interior for Tokyo grocery store inside skinny tower
For the interior of this dried food store in Tokyo, Schemata Architects painted fixtures and fittings the same shade of red as the skinny building it is set inside. More
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Renovated apartment in Tokyo has storage pockets sewn into its walls
Daisuke Motogi Architecture has completed an apartment renovation in Tokyo that features a bathroom and office wrapped in fabric walls with pockets for storing clutter. More
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Tokyo kindergarten by Tezuka Architects lets children run free on the roof
The oval-shaped roof deck of this playful Tokyo kindergarten allows children to play and run endless laps around it – a feature that has just won it the 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. More
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Jasper Morrison creates house-like layout for Tokyo's Good Design Store
Jasper Morrison's first interior design project in Japan is a Tokyo shop that mimics the layout of a typical house and garden. More
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Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like "melted ice cream cake"
Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More
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Muji to open hotels in China and Japan
Japanese retailer Muji is set to open hotels in Shenzhen, China and Tokyo, Japan, which will be styled with the minimalist brand's furnishings and products. More
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Chop + Archi cuts triangular lightwells into corners of house in Tokyo
Japanese architecture studio Chop + Archi has used a trio of courtyards to make the most of the sharp "dead space" corners of this house, located on an almost triangular plot in Tokyo. More
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Apollo Architects' minimal renovation aims to keep the atmosphere of an old family home in Tokyo
Rooflights, pale tiles and glossy flooring are among the tweaks that Apollo Architects & Associates made to a family home in Toyko to give it a light-filled living, kitchen and dining room. More
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Tomomi Kito remodels Tokyo home to accommodate four generations of the same family
Japanese studio Tomomi Kito Architect & Associates has renovated the interior of an 1970s house in Tokyo to provide a open-planned home for multiple generations of the same family. More
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Tokyo Design Week cancelled after fire tragedy
Tokyo Design Week has been cancelled this year following the tragic death of a child at the event last year, with organisers promising stronger safety measures in future. More
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Frank Lloyd Wright merged eastern and western architecture at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel
Our Frank Lloyd Wright 150th anniversary series ends with the American architect's best-known building in Asia, the now-demolished Imperial Hotel, where he combined his western design principles and a fascination with Japan. More
