Tag: Architecture

The controversy over the new National Stadium to be built for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rolls on and on. After Kengo Kuma's design was chosen in the second contest that became necessary when Zaha ...

The winner of the design competition to find a replacement for the much-troubled New National Stadium is Proposal A, designed by Kengo Kuma. The new stadium will be the prime venue for the 2020 ...

Occupying ground somewhere between design and urban anthropology, Tokyo Totem, A Guide to Tokyo is a newly released guidebook about Japan's capital city and ever-inspiring whirlpool of images and ...

On November 13th, architect Kengo Kuma and Komatsu Seiren unveiled fa-bo, a three-floor office for the fabrics manufacturer in Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is said to be the world's ...

Buy a piece of Japanese postwar design history and donate to a good cause by purchasing one of the items of furniture and fixtures from the Hotel Okura Tokyo. When the iconic Hotel Okura Tokyo ...

This article by Grigoris Miliaresis first appeared on Tokyo Cheapo. Photo by no_typographic_man used under CC The original idea was to keep it as cheap as possible (we have a reputation to ...

It was meant to be the triumph of the 2020 Olympic Games. But now it's going to be naked. The controversial New National Stadium, the centerpiece of the Tokyo Games, will not be ready for the ...

Narita International Airport's much-anticipated third terminal opened on April 8th. Three years in development, Terminal 3 is exclusively for low-cost carriers and short-haul flights. The ...

Tokujin Yoshioka is one of Japan's most famous and popular designers, known for his use of transparent materials. The Kou-an Glass Tea House started life as a small-scale model at Glasstress 2011 ...

Japan's first architecture model museum is opening this summer. It is set to open as a museum in August, though will begin operating from April. Applications for architecture scale model exhibits ...

After wowing hipsters the world over with the first T-Site in Tokyo's upmarket Daikanyama district three years ago, Tsutaya continues its quest to stop being the Blockbuster of Japan and be taken ...

Shibaura House is a community space in the Tokyo district of Shibaura, a neighborhood in the south of the city near the port. The stylish glass building is designed by Kazuyo Sejima and hosts private ...

Japan is in its third "lost" decade. Oh, and it is in the midst of a recession. What, didn't you notice? You'd be forgiven for failing to spot the signs, given the buoyant real estate market ...

Muji have created their first new model home in five years with the Tate no Ie, the "vertical house". It joins the Mado no Ie (Window House) and the Ki no Ie (Tree House). Not strictly prefab, ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been awarded the top award in architecture, the Pritzker Prize. Ban (56) has been given the accolade primarily for his humanitarian work, such as in the 1995 ...