Renzo Piano's Kansai airport has a mile-long high-tech terminal
Next in our high-tech architecture series is Renzo Piano's Kansai International Airport, which was built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. More
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Plywood furniture "islands" are used to customise public housing in Japan
A multifunctional furniture unit made up of raised plywood floors and pegboard walls allows residents in this public-housing complex in Osaka to customise their apartments. More
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Arced concrete walls invite visitors into House in Konohana
FujiwaraMuro Architects has built a house in Osaka, Japan, which is separated from the street by two curved concrete walls. More
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Geneto raises skinny house in Japan above pentagonal garage hole
Japanese architects Geneto has hollowed out a geometric void in the base of a four-metre-wide house in Osaka that doubles as a garage and communal space. More
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House in Hokusetsu by Tato Architects is designed as a labyrinth
A geometric pattern of square-shaped rooms connected by rhombus-shaped circulation areas forms House in Hokusetsu, Osaka, by Japanese firm Tato Architects. More
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House in Toyonaka embeds windows in gaps between monolithic grey boxes
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed House in Toyonaka, Osaka, as a series of offset boxes with gaps between them that allow light and air to enter the house, while maintaining the occupants' privacy. More
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Platforms function as tables and shelves inside Tato Architects' House in Miyamoto
Japanese studio Tato Architects designed the interior of this house in Osaka as a single room containing angular platforms that perform multiple functions and are connected by a spiralling sequence of wooden steps. More
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Climbing nets surround tree extending through balcony of Osaka nursery school
The balcony play-area of this Osaka kindergarten by Hibinosekkei and Youji no Shiro provides children with an obstacle course of ramps, benches, monkey bars, and climbing nets around a tree. More
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Pastel colours and subtle grids break up open-plan hair salon in Osaka
Soft hues and dark framework decorate this compact hair salon in Osaka by Japanese studio Hidenori Tsuboi Architects. More
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Steel chain curtains cover skinny Osaka house by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Metal curtains can be drawn across the windows of this three-and-a-half-metre-wide house in Osaka by FujiwaraMuro Architects, which features a split-level layout with multiple staircases. More
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Sides Core redesigns minimal hair salon to include library
Japanese studio Sides Core has created a space inside a hair salon for the owner's books, art and music (+ slideshow). More
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Gandare house by Ninkipen! has a metal skin that appears to peel up
Japanese architect Ninkipen! has completed a house in Osaka Prefecture, featuring a metal surface that appears to be peeling up from the structure (+ slideshow). More
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T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house (+ slideshow). More
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Minimal hair salon by Sides Core accommodates just one customer at a time
There is room for just one customer at a time in this minimally furnished Osaka hair salon, which Japanese studio Sides Core claims was inspired by the principles of mountain climbing (+ slideshow). More
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Glass blocks create multi-tonal facade for antiques showroom by Jun Murata
Assorted glass blocks give varying levels of translucency to the facade of this showroom and storage facility for an antiques dealer in Osaka, Japan (+ slideshow). More
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Windows spiral towards the roof of Osaka house by Alphaville Architects
Long horizontal windows step around the matt black facade of this family home in Osaka by Alphaville Architects to frame different views of the nearby Yodo River (+ slideshow). More
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Okuwada gives Mook salon in Osaka an oak-panelled makeover
Oak boards cover the chamfered entrance to this hair and beauty salon in Osaka, renovated by Okuwada Architects Office to look like a cave (+ slideshow). More
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Shimpei Oda creates "inner balcony" in renovated Osaka apartment
Architect Shimpei Oda has renovated a 36-square-metre studio apartment in Osaka, Japan, transforming part of a balcony into an extension of the living room. More
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Nikken Space Design's office in Osaka features a bleacher-style bookcase
The Osaka office of Nikken Sekkei's interior design studio features a bookcase conceived as a "stand in a stadium" – the latest example of the trend for bookshelf staircases in both home and office interiors (+ slideshow). More
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Kakko House by Yoshihiro Yamamoto is a 3.4-metre-wide home in Japan
Japanese architect Yoshihiro Yamamoto has sandwiched a house with a width of just 3.4 metres between a pair of existing properties in Osaka (+ slideshow). More
