
Dark roof brings loftiness to small Kyoto terrace house
Japanese-Australian architecture studio Atelier Luke has renovated an old Kyoto row house, giving the narrow home a black-stained timber ceiling to create "a spacious void of shadows". More
Japanese-Australian architecture studio Atelier Luke has renovated an old Kyoto row house, giving the narrow home a black-stained timber ceiling to create "a spacious void of shadows". More
Hazard lines and metal shelving are some of the industrial finishes that Torafu Architects has included in bag brand Freitag's store in Kyoto – which even includes its own workshop. More
Japanese architect Uoya Shigenori stripped back and reconfigured this 100-year-old townhouse in Kyoto to create moody and tranquil interiors for Maana Kamo guesthouse. More
Hiroshi Hara's monumental Kyoto Station features in the latest short movie by architecture video blogger Martin van der Linden, as part of his contribution to Virtual Design Festival. More
Ace Hotel has revealed the first photos of its new venue in Kyoto, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Los Angeles-based design studio Commune. More
Fumihiko Sano Studio has created a cafe and shop for San Francisco chocolatier Dandelion Chocolate, which occupies a century-old house in Kyoto, Japan. More
Tato Architects and Dot Architects are among six studios that created pop-up pavilions at the Kyoto Art Center to examine the various prohibitions that apply to privately-owned public spaces in Japan. More
Architecture studio 07Beach has placed a bathroom alongside a central courtyard at the centre of this house in Kyoto to give the clients the feeling of "open-air bathing" in their own home. More
Students from Singapore and Kyoto have created a series of design objects based on photographs of each other's home city. More
The Ace Hotel chain is opening its first Japanese outpost in Kyoto this winter, in a former telephone exchange building overhauled by Kengo Kuma. More
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new boutique for fashion house Issey Miyake inside one of Kyoto's historic machiya houses. More
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has now moved into urban design, unveiling its massive CoFuFun plaza near Kyoto. More
Models emerged from a forested mountainside at this year's Louis Vuitton resort show, which took place at the Miho Museum in Japan designed by Chinese-American architect IM Pei. More
The timber structure of this house in Kyoto by Japanese studio Alphaville pokes through into the interior spaces, which were designed to optimise the dimensions of a narrow site. More
The latest outlet of Japanese cheese tart shop Bake displays its wares on a Lego counter made by designer Yusuke Seki. More
This 120-year-old Kyoto townhouse was once used as a seed plantation, but has been carefully restored to create an events venue that celebrates Japanese interior design traditions. More
Wooden crosses mark the entrances to this house in Japan, which features an intentionally complicated layout designed by Alts Design Office to create more privacy for residents (+ slideshow). More
Dribbles of gold fill the cracks in the floor of this Kyoto apartment, designed by architecture studio TANK to replicate the traditional Japanese pottery technique of kintsugi. More
German architect Florian Busch conceived this Kyoto bar as one continuous space spread over eight levels to make the most of a narrow site in one of the city's oldest nightlife areas (+ slideshow). More
Exposed concrete is paired with white furnishings in this two-level Kyoto property that Japanese studio UME Architects has converted into a photographer's home and atelier (+ slideshow). More