By valuing a long-established, traditional construction method in Japan as well as natural materials, we aimed to design a sustainable indoor environment for the Arakabe house. Lawns with rich green plants are located on the south and…
Perched on the edge of a cliff on Japan’s remote Ikema Island, this house provides a meditative retreat with expansive views of the East China Sea. Built of concrete to withstand extreme weather, the architects detailed the…
Daiko residence is three-story open house near the central Nagoya city. Interior has been divided the square in quarters by put the wall and it has been made anomalous split-level house, in consideration for a number of…
Architects: Torafu Architects Project: Snow Picnic Gelato Store Location: Nakano, Tokyo, Japan Total floor area: 64.14m2 Photography: Takumi Ota Torafu Architects have performed the interior and exterior design for Snow Picnic, a gelato store that opened in
A new food/art installation in Tokyo is offering a multi-sensory eating experience that combines delicate Japanese cuisine with stunning projections and sound. Located inside Sagaya, a Saga beef restaurant in the city’s Ginza district, the permanent installation,
Architects: ALTS Design Office Project: Cafe Cicero Location: Bodaiji, Konan, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Creative, Design and Art Director: Sumiou Mizumoto Area: 130.09 sqm Photography: Fuji-Shokai / Masahiko Nishida This proposed new café project is of a plan
Architects: Hiroyuki Ito Architects Project: Tatsumi Apartment Project Team: Hiroyuki Ito, Junko Uehara, Kanako Takatsuka Facility Design: Yutaka Murase Location: Tokyo, Japan Area: 59.49 m2 Photography: Masao Nishikawa Tatsumi Apartment is a minimal concrete home located in
Tokyo-based Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects have completed Shibuya Apartment 202 in 2016. The apartment has a area of 61.85 m2. From the architect: We renovated our apartment building in Shibuya, Tokyo for vacation rental services such as AirBnB. We
About the client and the brief for the project I was the owner of this Tokyo City House, I designed it myself. The beginning of the project is that I first bought a plot with a small
