Schemata Architects contrasts original features with modern interventions for Japanese office
Schemata Architects, headed by Jo Nagasaka, has converted a traditional house in Kamakura, Japan, into an office featuring modern fitted furniture. More
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![Schemata Architects plays with materials and movable furniture at Tokyo record-label offices]()
Schemata Architects plays with materials and movable furniture at Tokyo record label offices
Pastel-coloured walls, industrial finishes and sliding furniture create a playful atmosphere inside this office for a Tokyo-based record label by Schemata Architects. More
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Schemata Architects adds sequence of plywood boxes to redefine spaces inside House in Nobeoka
A magazine paired Schemata Architects with the owners of this house in Miyazaki prefecture for a renovation project in which the Japanese studio has reconfigured the former factory space by creating a series of plywood-lined rooms. More
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Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects
Jo Nagasaka's architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. More
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Schemata Architects creates red-toned interior for Tokyo grocery store inside skinny tower
For the interior of this dried food store in Tokyo, Schemata Architects painted fixtures and fittings the same shade of red as the skinny building it is set inside. More
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Schemata Architects creates basswood-lined interior for Blue Bottle coffee shop
Plywood panels are used to conceal storage and serving hatches inside this Tokyo coffee shop by Schemata Architects. More
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Schemata Architects deconstructs interior of Jins eyewear shop in Japan
To celebrate the 12th anniversary of a Jins eyewear store, Schemata Architects has completed a renovation that involved taking a sledgehammer to the walls. More
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Schemata Architects frames Japanese boutique with gigantic display window
Schemata Architects and KHA Studio have transformed a space in Tokyo to create a minimal fashion boutique that is entirely visible from the street (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects adds cake shop and library to food-photography studio
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has revisited a warehouse building in Tokyo that it converted into a space for a food-photography studio, adding a cake shop and library (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects designs lightweight table that doubles as a room partition
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has designed a lightweight table that can also be used as a room divider, which it claims is "so light that a woman can easily carry it by herself" (+ slideshow). More
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Clothes descend from the ceiling at Schemata Architects' Descente Blanc Tokyo store
Japanese studio Schemata has designed a shop with hanging rails that lower from the ceiling in Daikanyama, Tokyo, for sportswear brand Descente Blanc (+ slideshow). More
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Jo Nagasaka knocks through the walls of a Tokyo house to reveal its aged structure
Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka stripped away the walls of this inherited house in Tokyo, revealing an arrangement of timber columns that give the residence an unfinished appearance (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects builds Vitra's Salone stand from wooden pallets
Milan 2015: Tokyo-based Schemata Architects created an exhibition stand for Swiss furniture brand Vitra made from Japanese wooden pallets for Milan's 2015 Salone del Mobile design fair (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects inserts coffee shop and roastery into a Tokyo warehouse
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has converted an old warehouse in Tokyo into a cafe and roastery for a Californian coffee company (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects converts Tokyo factory into artist's studio with an indoor garden
A chipboard shed and a herb garden occupy the top floor of this former factory in Tokyo that Schemata Architects has converted into a workshop for a kimono designer (+ slideshow). More
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Tokyo rice shop by Schemata Architects is filled with boxy plywood fittings
Bags of rice and bottled condiments are displayed on simple plywood units inside this former Tokyo greengrocers that has been converted into a tiny rice shop, cafe and a home for the proprietor (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects refits Japanese clothing store with petrol-hued display structure
This Tokyo shop by Schemata Architects features exposed industrial fittings and galvanised metal display rails that have been treated to produce a petrol-toned surface (+ slideshow). More
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Schemata Architects adds needle-like pendants and mirrors to Phillip Lim pop-up shop
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has used mirrored surfaces to create a dizzying environment for this pop-up store in Tokyo, designed for fashion brand 3.1 Phillip Lim (+ slideshow). More
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Foam dipped in rubber becomes seating by Jo Nagasaka
Milan 2014: Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka has created a collection of spongy seats inspired by erotic bondage techniques by tying up blocks of foam and dipping them in rubber. More
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New Resin Series by Jo Nagasaka for Established & Sons
London Design Festival 2013: Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka has developed a range of resin and wood furniture for Established & Sons. More
