Schemata Architects designs Osaka hair salon to recall an industrial facility
Steel fixtures, clear PVC curtains and mirrors hung on pulleys give this Japanese hair salon by Schemata Architects the feel of an industrial warehouse. More
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Schemata Architects completes South Korean hotel where all furniture is for sale
Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has converted an industrial building in Jeju, South Korea, into a new location for retailer D&Department, featuring a store, restaurant, gallery and hotel in which all of the furniture and even the plants are for sale. More
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Venice Architecture Biennale
Venice Architecture Biennale
Japan creates exhibition from dismantled old house at Venice Architecture Biennale
Japan has sent the dismantled remains of a 65-year-old house as its contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale, staging an exhibition that explores the potential for material reuse. More
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Schemata Architects designs tiny Nakamata sweet shop in Maebashi
Tokyo studio Schemata Architects has designed a confectionery store in Maebashi, Japan, with a courtyard to help open up and revive a shopping street that was on the decline. More
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Schemata Architects updates traditional Japanese bathhouse with tiles and Towada stone
Schemata Architects has renovated a traditional sento, or public bathhouse, in Tokyo adding modern touches including a bar serving beer. More
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Schemata Architects stacks up red bricks inside South Korea's first Blue Bottle Coffee cafe
The materiality of Seoul's architecture informed the interiors of this Blue Bottle Coffee cafe, which Schemata Architects has completed with steel surfaces and red-brick fixtures. More
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Schemata Architects completes industrial-style pop-up store for Hay
Scaffold-like partition walls and timber display units appear inside this pop-up store that Schemata Architects has designed for Danish homeware brand Hay. More
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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
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
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
