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 about Freitag store in Kyoto is designed to resemble the brand's own warehouse
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 about Century-old Japanese dwelling transformed into minimalist guesthouse
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 about Kyoto Station designed as "geographical valley" says video blogger Martin van der Linden
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 about Ace Hotel Kyoto reveals interiors designed by Kengo Kuma and Commune
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 about Fumihiko Sano Studio creates cedar-lined chocolate cafe in Kyoto
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 about Pop-up pavilions for kissing and "dangerous play" draw attention to rules of privately-owned public spaces
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 about Glass-fronted bathroom takes centre stage in Kyoto home
Students from Singapore and Kyoto have created a series of design objects based on photographs of each other's home city. More about Students from Singapore and Kyoto design objects inspired by each other's cities
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 about Kengo Kuma designs Japan's first Ace Hotel
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new boutique for fashion house Issey Miyake inside one of Kyoto's historic machiya houses. More about Naoto Fukasawa inserts Issey Miyake store into 132-year-old Kyoto townhouse
Prolific Japanese design studio Nendo has now moved into urban design, unveiling its massive CoFuFun plaza near Kyoto. More about Nendo looks to ancient Japanese tombs for first landscape architecture project
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 about IM Pei's Miho Museum provides backdrop for Louis Vuitton resort 2018 show
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 about Timber frame projects into rooms and stairwell of Alphaville's compact Kyoto home
The latest outlet of Japanese cheese tart shop Bake displays its wares on a Lego counter made by designer Yusuke Seki. More about Kyoto cheese tart shop by Yusuke Seki features counter made of Lego
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 about Events space opens inside revamped century-old machiya house in Kyoto
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 about Uji House by Alts Design Office features a deliberately complex layout
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 about Golden resin highlights cracks in the floor of TANK's Xchange Apartment
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 about Continuous staircase connects eight levels in K8 bar building by Florian Busch
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 about UME Architects creates home and studio for a photographer in revamped Kyoto apartment
Graduate shows 2015: traditional machiya houses in the Japanese city of Kyoto are under threat from modern development, so Royal College of Art graduate Adam Roberts proposes stacking them up to make them more cost and space efficient (+ slideshow). More about Adam Roberts proposes stacking traditional Kyoto dwellings to create "machiya towers"