4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (248+ words) the neighborhood is characterized by temples, apartment buildings, and small parks | all images ©Daici Ano rough textured bricks form the lower volume, while the upper volume is wrapped in a lattice of GRC heavily textured bricks custom-made in Hekinan, Aichi…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (354+ words) Set on a hill within the rural landscape of Kobe, Japan, Tsukumo Kiln by Dept. + OAAA is a ceramic studio surrounded by fields and mountains. Conceived as a working space for ceramic production, the 80.32-sqm building responds to its open…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (124+ words) Located on a compact 33 sqm site in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, this four-story wooden residence reinterprets the traditional Japanese machiya as a vertical dwelling. Designed by Takumi Wakui + Riho Wakui Architects as a home for an architect couple, the project examines how…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (157+ words) festival grounds bird’s eye view | all images ©Yano Aoyama Architecture Design The structure was developed in collaboration with local carpenters, CLT manufacturers, and drafters, combining regional timber traditions with contemporary timber production. Cedar and cypress sourced from Ehime establish a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (109+ words) images © Takuya Seki the Circularity Cabin is designed to relocate with its residents once a planned road expansion reaches the site standard timber from Japanese home centers forms the two-story structure removable sawara cypress boards extend the reversible construction system…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (216+ words) Kisho Kurokawa, Architect & Associates (Tokyo, est. 1962). Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo. 1970–72. exterior view. 1972 | image by Tomio Ohashi Kishō Kurokawa in front of the completed Nakagin Capsule Tower, 1974. image by Tomio Ohashi facade of the iconic building in Tokyo | image by Noritaka…...