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colorful oil paintings capture quiet scenes of everyday japan
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (54+ words) Blue Forms | all images ©Naru Hiko A Place to Rest A Favorite at Rest artist: Naru Hiko | @naru_hiko_ designboom has received this project from our DIY submissions feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. See…...
KIAS pairs textured brick facade with planted atrium for headquarters in japan
4+ day, 4+ 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…...
triangular timber structure encloses tsukumo kiln ceramic studio in kobe, japan
6+ day, 14+ 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…...
voids and vertical space reinterpret traditional japanese machiya on a compact site in tokyo
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…...
pavilion uses cedar, cypress, and reclaimed CLT for japan’s forest festival
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…...
kengo kuma honored with andrée putman lifetime achievement award 2027
1+ week, 6+ day ago (259+ words) Kengo Kuma will receive the Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2027 Créateurs Design Awards ceremony in Paris. Presented on January 16th, 2027, at the Shangri-La Paris, the award recognizes Kuma’s more than three-decade-long career and his continued exploration of the relationship…...
takaaki fuji + yuko fuji builds japanese home to be dismantled and moved with its residents
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…...
the nakagin capsule tower and the dream of a home that could change
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…...
tato architects turns kyoto minami kaikan into building that catches light like a cinema screen
3+ week, 5+ day ago (111+ words) planters and benches create a semi-public space set back from the busy street a new semi-public forecourt creates a transition between Kujo Street and the cinema a suspended woven stainless-steel mesh screen forms the cinema’s new facade ground-floor lobby looking…...