Kengo Kuma tucks Japanese student hub under wooden bleachers
A sloped roof lined with wooden bleachers and plants conceals the student hub that Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has created for the Tokyo Institute of Technology. More
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Sou Fujimoto Architects designs walkable rooftop for rural Japanese university
An accessible rooftop that curves to meet the ground will distinguish the Hida Takayama University, which Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects is designing in Hida City, Japan. More
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Tomoaki Uno Architects designs house in Japan with Aztec-informed pyramid
A truncated stone pyramid containing a study stands in one corner of the introverted Takamine-cho House, designed by Tomoaki Uno Architects in Japan's Aichi Prefecture. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
DDAA Inc transforms traditional Japanese dwelling into pottery brand office
Architecture and design studio DDAA Inc has made minor tweaks to an 86-year-old house in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture to turn it into an office for ceramics brand Maruhiro. More
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Kumiko Inui presents "porous" Nobeoka Station revamp in short film by CCA
Japanese architect Kumiko Inui sheds light on her redevelopment of Nobeoka Station in Japan during the final Models Talk film published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture. More
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Td-Atelier erects plywood "stage set" inside Shingu employment centre
Angular panels of plywood disguise the structural shell of the Yoridoko jobcentre in Shingu, Japan, designed by architecture studio Td-Atelier. More
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Kazuko Akamatsu outlines Shibuya skyscraper design in video by CCA
In the second Models Talk film published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Japanese architect Kazuko Akamatsu explains how she used voids to create a feeling of openness at the Shibuya Stream skyscraper in Japan. More
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Erika Nakagawa showcases skinny tower concept in video by CCA
Dezeen has teamed up with the Canadian Centre for Architecture to premiere three short films about Japanese architecture. In the first video, architect Erika Nakagawa shares her vision for a skinny residential tower in Tokyo. More
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Kengo Kuma adds mountain-shaped toilets to hiking trail overlooking Mount Fuji
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has designed a collection of peaked umbrella-shaped structures that were informed by the surrounding mountains for a rest area in Japan. More
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Fumihiko Sano Studio converts Japanese minka into guesthouse and restaurant
Japanese practice Fumihiko Sano Studio has incorporated local craft and traditional materials into the Hishiya restaurant and guesthouse in Fukichiyama, Kyoto, which occupies a renovated 20th-century folk house, or minka. More
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Kamikatsu Zero Waste Center by Hiroshi Nakamura is built using waste materials
Architect Hiroshi Nakamura incorporated around 700 windows donated by the local community into the facades of this waste recycling facility in the town of Kamikatsu, the first place in Japan to pass a zero-waste declaration. More
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Keiji Ashizawa designs Blue Bottle Coffee shop for "cave-like space" in Maebashi hotel
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design used bricks and a warm colour palette in its design for the Blue Bottle Coffee shop in the Shiroiya Hotel in Maebashi, Japan. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
Flooat creates "fluctuating landscape" inside publishing office near Tokyo
Design studio Flooat has used elevated work areas, structural columns and chunky plinths to simulate natural topography inside the offices of book publisher Kadokawa in Japan. More
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Extended eaves shelter garden of Imaise House by Tatsuya Kawamoto + Associates
Japanese studio Tatsuya Kawamoto + Associates has created a house in the city of Ichinomiya, Japan, with exaggerated eaves that shelter an outdoor living space and garden. More
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Forest Crayons reveal the spectrum of colours within Japanese wood
Design studio Playfool has created a set of sustainable crayons made entirely from Japanese wood, which was designed to celebrate the unseen colours within a forest's trees. More
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Moriya and Partners designs geometric villa overlooking the sea in Japan
A steep, timber-framed roof shelters this triangular home by Japanese practice Moriya and Partners, located on a cliff edge overlooking the sea in Yawatano, Japan. More
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Office interiors
Office interiors
Snøhetta organises Pangaea co-working space in Tokyo around "super furniture"
Huge ribbons of wood provide desk surfaces in this co-working space in Tokyo, created by architecture firm Snøhetta for Japanese tech company Digital Garage. More
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Japanese architecture
Japanese architecture
Nikken Sekkei's Ariake Gymnastics Centre celebrates timber construction
One of the largest timber-framed roofs in the world spans 90 metres over the arena of the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, designed by Japanese practice Nikken Sekkei for the delayed 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More
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Showcase: Japan presents contemporary Japanese design in a virtual marketplace
Dezeen promotion: Shoppe Object's virtual homeware fair Shoppe Online is presenting Showcase: Japan, a handpicked selection of gifts, homewares and accessories from 25 Japanese brands. More
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Kiyoaki Takeda designs Tsuruoka House to accommodate both people and plants
Japanese studio Kiyoaki Takeda Architects has completed a plant-covered house in Tokyo featuring vaulted slabs filled with soil for growing plants. More
