Tokyo Design Week cancelled after fire tragedy
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
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Frank Lloyd Wright merged eastern and western architecture at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel
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
Nendo scatters mirrors across flower-arranging school for Kaleidoscopic Ivy installation
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
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Bright white living spaces overhang gallery in top-heavy Tokyo house by Form
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
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Black corrugated metal encases loft-inspired Tokyo house by TakaTina
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
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Klein Dytham's Ginza Place features latticed facade inspired by traditional Japanese crafts
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
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Tokyo home comprises cluster of protruding white boxes
The staggered stack of boxes that form this family home in central Tokyo contain a set of spiralling, interconnected rooms. More
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Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects designs pair of contrasting Tokyo apartments for Airbnb guests
Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has overhauled a pair of Airbnb apartments in Tokyo, giving one a suspended table and wood-lined walls, and the other dark plasterwork and plush grey carpet. More
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Construction work starts on Kengo Kuma's Tokyo 2020 Olympics stadium
Building work has begun on Kengo Kuma's National Stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – the design that was controversially selected to replace Zaha Hadid's competition-winning scheme. More
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Sharply pitched roofs break up the scale of Kengo Kuma's kindergarten in Saitama
Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed a kindergarten in the Japanese city Saitama with a series of roofs that pitch steeply in opposing directions. More
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Archi-Depot Museum director picks his five favourite architectural models
Yuta Tokunaga, director of a museum dedicated to architectural models, has selected his five favourite exhibits from a collection that includes works by Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban. More
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Incandescent bulb likely cause of Tokyo Design Week fire
The fire that killed one young boy and injured two adults at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday was likely started by an incandescent bulb. More
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Child dies after exhibit catches fire at Tokyo Design Week
A five-year-old boy died and two men were injured when an installation caught fire at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday. More
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Graphic designer's home and studio in Tokyo includes cat walkway
Tokyo-based studio Do Do has designed this house and studio for a graphic designer and his wife, and created a special elevated pathway for their pet cat. More
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Nendo creates 3D-printed objects that look like the fine outlines of paper
Nendo has revisited its technique of creating sketch-like objects with a series of 3D-printed pieces that look like the outlines of paper. More
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Elevated terraces create outdoor space for land-locked house in Tokyo by Front Office
A roof terrace, balconies and an external staircase maximise outdoor space for this overlooked house in Tokyo designed by Japanese studio Front Office. 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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Tokyo house designed by Satoru Hirota Architects to offer residents maximum privacy
A multi-layered facade creates extra privacy for the residents of this Tokyo house designed by local firm Satoru Hirota Architects (+ slideshow). More
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Golden staircase sits at the centre of Curiosity's dramatic Dolce & Gabbana Aoyama store
Theatrical lighting illuminates products inside the new black and gold Dolce & Gabbana store in Tokyo by French designer Gwenael Nicolas. More
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Museum dedicated to architecture models opens in Japan
Models by Japanese architects including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and Riken Yamamoto are the focus of a museum that has opened in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
