Japan
Kengo Kuma’s Japan National Stadium is the centrepiece of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Stüssy’s Shibuya store interior by Perron-Roettinger draws upon the clothing brand’s surfing roots
Nigo creates “friendly” house-shaped public toilet in Tokyo
BBC’s Tokyo 2020 trailer “brings the Olympics into everyday Japan”
“I see huge potential in combining the traditional with the digital” says Kuma Lab director
Keiji Ashizawa builds Blue Bottle Coffee’s Tokyo outpost around volcanic-ash counter
Yusuke Shigeta reinvents traditional Japanese folding screen with digital animation
Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects marries indoors and outdoors with Half Barn in Hashimoto
Key Operation clads Kannai Blade Residence with narrow concrete fins
READ & Architects builds retirement house that doubles as a vacation home in Japanese mountain town
A hotel in Japan features in today’s Dezeen Weekly newsletter
Sou Fujimoto adds giant atrium and green hill to Shiroiya Hotel
Dezeen’s guide to the architecture of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Nakagin Capsule Tower to be dismantled and turned into rental accommodation and exhibits
I IN overhauls 80s Tokyo apartment to change perception of renovations in Japan
Klein Dytham Architecture creates intricate wooden shop front for Cartier
Unemori Architects creates “earthquake-proof” community centre in Fukushima
Azabu Residence in Tokyo references mid-century American design and Brazilian modernism
Japan creates exhibition from dismantled old house at Venice Architecture Biennale
Mounds of surplus soil form walls in Japanese house by ADX
Nanometer Architecture takes advantage of extra space in Nagoya flat
Yukawa Design Lab’s Margin House is built around a multipurpose atrium with a tree
Nendo creates paper soap dispensers that look like milk cartons
