Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. More about Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao
A full-size model of Church of the Light takes centre stage in a survey of Tadao Ando's 50-year career – even though the architect told Dezeen his latest projects are his best work. More about Tadao Ando creates full-scale mock up of Church of the Light for Tokyo exhibition
As Tokyo's first Designart festival draws to a close, our Pinterest board hones in on the most exciting architecture and design from the Japanese capital. The board includes YUUA Architects' 2.5-metre-wide house, KPF's futuristic 12.5-square-kilometre district and everything in between. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Honda has unveiled a series of AI devices and transport concepts at this year's Tokyo Motor Show, including a sports car that communicates with its driver, and a robot that can turn into an "impromptu cafe". More about Honda's latest concepts focus on artificial intelligence
A new design festival aiming to revitalise Tokyo's creative scene launched last week, as doubts emerged over the future of rival event Tokyo Designers Week. More about Designart festival aims to "put Tokyo on the map" as a destination for design, say founders
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 about Schemata Architects creates red-toned interior for Tokyo grocery store inside skinny tower
Daisuke Motogi Architecture has completed an apartment renovation in Tokyo that features a bathroom and office wrapped in fabric walls with pockets for storing clutter. More about Renovated apartment in Tokyo has storage pockets sewn into its walls
The oval-shaped roof deck of this playful Tokyo kindergarten allows children to play and run endless laps around it – a feature that has just won it the 2017 Moriyama RAIC International Prize. More about Tokyo kindergarten by Tezuka Architects lets children run free on the roof
Jasper Morrison's first interior design project in Japan is a Tokyo shop that mimics the layout of a typical house and garden. More about Jasper Morrison creates house-like layout for Tokyo's Good Design Store
Stacked soil walls resemble layers of cake in this chocolate and ice cream shop in Kichijoji, Tokyo, designed by Japanese studio Nendo. More about Nendo designs Tokyo store interior to look like "melted ice cream cake"
Japanese retailer Muji is set to open hotels in Shenzhen, China and Tokyo, Japan, which will be styled with the minimalist brand's furnishings and products. More about Muji to open hotels in China and Japan
Japanese architecture studio Chop + Archi has used a trio of courtyards to make the most of the sharp "dead space" corners of this house, located on an almost triangular plot in Tokyo. More about Chop + Archi cuts triangular lightwells into corners of house in Tokyo
Rooflights, pale tiles and glossy flooring are among the tweaks that Apollo Architects & Associates made to a family home in Toyko to give it a light-filled living, kitchen and dining room. More about Apollo Architects' minimal renovation aims to keep the atmosphere of an old family home in Tokyo
Japanese studio Tomomi Kito Architect & Associates has renovated the interior of an 1970s house in Tokyo to provide a open-planned home for multiple generations of the same family. More about Tomomi Kito remodels Tokyo home to accommodate four generations of the same family
Tokyo Design Week has been cancelled this year following the tragic death of a child at the event last year, with organisers promising stronger safety measures in future. More about Tokyo Design Week cancelled after fire tragedy
Our Frank Lloyd Wright 150th anniversary series ends with the American architect's best-known building in Asia, the now-demolished Imperial Hotel, where he combined his western design principles and a fascination with Japan. More about Frank Lloyd Wright merged eastern and western architecture at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel
Over 40,000 shards of polished steel make up this installation by Nendo, which is designed as an "ivy of mirrors" spreading across a Japanese flower-arranging school. More about Nendo scatters mirrors across flower-arranging school for Kaleidoscopic Ivy installation
Japanese studio Form designed this top-heavy home for a family in Tokyo, placing their living spaces in an elevated volume that overhangs a gallery for its apron-designer owner. More about Bright white living spaces overhang gallery in top-heavy Tokyo house by Form
American studio TakaTina has created a stark family home on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring bright white interiors inspired by the client's previous Brooklyn loft apartment and an inky black exterior. More about Black corrugated metal encases loft-inspired Tokyo house by TakaTina
Over 5,000 aluminium panels are arranged to create the perforated facade of this commercial building by Klein Dytham Architecture, which overlooks one of Tokyo's most iconic intersections. More about Klein Dytham's Ginza Place features latticed facade inspired by traditional Japanese crafts