Japan
Hilltop concrete house frames views of the sea and a shrine in Japan
Plywood furniture “islands” are used to customise public housing in Japan
“We are totally kicked out” from working in Tokyo, says Atelier Bow-Wow
Junya Ishigami’s Japanese water garden wins €100,000 Obel Award
Insects “offer hints for the future of humankind” says Taku Satoh
Gosize designs its own home studio in Japan around a minimalist pond
Live-etched Player of the Match trophies created for Rugby World Cup
Monolithic black house conceals internal courtyard containing a single tree
Takeru Shoji Architects designs Japanese home with “live-in foundations”
SO&CO squeezes 2.7-metre-wide office block into alley in Tokyo
One-room hotel Trunk House includes Tokyo’s tiniest disco
Tato Architects intermingles interior and exterior spaces at House in Tsukimiyama
Concrete spiral staircase disrupts linear interiors of House in Ashiya
Shimpei Oda and Tetsuya Tanji keep things minimal in studio for graphic design office Panda
Japanese house has hidden courtyards for growing fruit and drying laundry
Suppose Design Office recreates Japanese engawa inside Slack’s Tokyo outpost
Foster + Partners’ latest Apple Store opens in central Tokyo
Fumihiko Sano Studio creates cedar-lined chocolate cafe in Kyoto
Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects pare back Tokyo apartments
Pop-up pavilions for kissing and “dangerous play” draw attention to rules of privately-owned public spaces
Pelli Clarke Pelli reveals Japan’s tallest skyscraper
Heatherwick Studio reveals designs for “gigantic planted pergola” in Tokyo
Arced concrete walls invite visitors into House in Konohana
