In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Yano Aoyama Architecture Design's public toilet for the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. More about "Japan takes this seriously" says commenter
Japanese practice Yano Aoyama Architecture Design has completed a public toilet for the Tobe Zoological Park in Ehime Prefecture, creating two chiselled concrete blocks that are topped by a thin roof of naturally curved cedar. More about Yano Aoyama Architecture Design tops public toilet in Japan with sweeping timber canopy
Architect Kenta Hirayama has designed an "unpretentious house" in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward, which features a metal facade and deliberately simple gabled roof. More about Kenta Hirayama clads House in Kinuta in steel-sheet facade
Japanese studio Kenta Sano & Associates has completed a four-storey building in Tokyo that that has a glass-fronted dance studio on its lower floors and a house on top. More about Tokyo Ballet House combines ballet studio and home
In this roundup, author Ari Seligmann spotlights 11 iconic houses in Japan captured by some of the country's leading photographers, who are the focus of his latest book, Ka Me Ra. More about Eleven iconic Japanese houses seen "through the photographer's lens"
Architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled a Dior store in Osaka, Japan, featuring an undulating facade that envelops an interior by architect Peter Marino. More about Sou Fujimoto designs ribbed facade for House of Dior Shinsaibashi to evoke "flowing drapery"
Japanese studio Atelier Write has transformed a warehouse in Tokyo into a hair salon, suspending mirrors, shelves and curtains from a series of industrial rails that allow the entire space to be reconfigured. More about Atelier Write converts Tokyo warehouse into reconfigurable hair salon
Tokyo studio I IN has renovated Lulla House, a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Kamakura, Japan, creating "a space where the beauty of the view becomes a collective experience". More about I IN designs light-filled Kamakura beach house to make most of ocean view
Rough walls streaked with clay, soil and metal powders evoke ceramic glazes at Haniyasu House, a home in Japan renovated by local architecture studio Aatismo. More about Aatismo references ceramic glazes for streaked house extension in Japan
Japanese studio HOAA has completed House in Nakano, a timber-lined home in Tokyo that is buffered from the street by an elevated, looping metal terrace for potted plants. More about Curving metal terrace for potted plants fronts home in Tokyo by HOAA
UK studio Denizen Works has exclusively revealed its first house in Japan, which features an almost entirely blank street-facing facade. More about Denizen Works designs Japanese house with "enigmatic quality"
Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has used details including a floor-level window and shoji screens within this wood-clad Osaka residence that aims to "set a new standard for contemporary living". More about Akio Isshiki Architects clads House in Saidera in charred cedar
Local studio Kurosawa Kawara-Ten has completed a waiting area for the Sekiyuan tea room in Chiba, Japan, sheltering it with a textured roof of mortar and soil that will be gradually overgrown with moss. More about Sloping earthen roof tops waiting area for Japanese tea room by Kurosawa Kawara-Ten
Architect Keiji Ashizawa saw the planning process as "solving a puzzle" when creating this house in central Tokyo, which features wooden louvres for privacy. More about Tropical hardwood and reinforced concrete form House in Minami-Azabu
The Grand Ring in Osaka will be mostly turned into firewood, its architect Sou Fujimoto has told Dezeen. More about Most of world's largest wooden structure The Grand Ring to be burned as "chips for fuel"
Junya Ishigami is one of three Japanese architects to have designed sculptural, mobile kiosks for the Hiroshima Architecture Exhibition 2025, currently taking place in Fukuyama, Japan. More about Junya Ishigami places cloud-like kiosk "on the verge of falling over" in Fukuyama
Japanese architect Tadao Ando's latest book collects his drawings and models produced across his career. In this roundup, he selects nine of his favourite examples featured inside. More about Tadao Ando showcases nine drawings that "capture the invisible depth behind architecture"
A fifty-metre-long skylight cuts through the centre of Kitaoka Group Head Office Building, renovated by Tokyo studio Wataru Architects in Mima City, Japan. More about Fifty-metre-long skylight spans length of Kitaoka Group headquarters in Japan
The shell of a prehistoric marine mollusc informed the spiral shape of the Pasona Natureverse Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, created by local architecture studio The Design Labo. More about The Design Labo creates shell-shaped pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old factory on the island of Teshima into a cafe, swapping its metal walls with polycarbonate that allows light into the building. More about Schemata Architects turns ironworks on former "garbage island" into cafe and brewery