Japan
Schemata Architects completes industrial-style pop-up store for Hay
Foster + Partners models Apple Store in Kyoto on traditional Japanese houses
Fumitaka Suzuki designs a cheese tart shop made from gleaming metal
Japanese space research centre will be suspended over moon-like crater
Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Sou Fujimoto donate works for Home for All charity auction
Claesson Koivisto Rune creates nine objects that reference its Villa Widlund
Subtropical greenery surrounds cedar-clad Tokyo home
Katsutoshi Sasaki’s minimalist home contrasts a dark exterior with a light interior
MAD transforms Japanese mountain tunnel by adding mirrors, a spa and a lake
Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims
Tokyo’s new Hotel Okura will recreate iconic rooms from the original
Schemata Architects contrasts original features with modern interventions for Japanese office
Apollo Architects & Associates hides courtyard behind Cover House’s metal facade
Igarashi Design Studio’s Zero Space is filled with furniture based on river-weathered pebbles
Tokyo’s Inua restaurant blends Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics
Japanese designers say they have to work abroad to be respected at home
John Pawson uses limestone and cherry wood for minimal Jil Sander shop in Tokyo
London Design Festival exhibition shines a light on Japanese metalwork masters
Norm Architects blends Japanese and Danish styles in furniture produced with Karimoku
Adults and children encouraged to play in Mikiya Kobayashi’s whimsical park
Snark’s House in Nakauchi is half opaque home and half transparent sunroom
David Chipperfield Architects completes pink visitor centre and chapel at Inagawa Cemetery
Climbing wall and swing promote play at Hibinosekkei’s Tokyo childcare centre
