Fukasawa, a residential area in south-west Tokyo, is quietly known for its architectural charm, with typically small buildings lining narrow-fronted deep plots. It is also defined by its connection to ...

The Japanese House Since 1945, by Naomi Pollock. Foreword by Tadao Ando. Thames & Hudson, 400 pages, $85, click to enlarge. “For Japanese architecture, the history of its modernization has also been a ...

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...

Japan’s built environment is undergoing a shift that is quiet in tone but significant in direction. After decades shaped by standardization and a broadly shared national vocabulary, architects and ...

Introduction -- Arata Isozaki. Kobo-an ; Uji-an ; Yoidorebune ; Sanchu-kyo ; Kenshu-an -- Tadao Ando. Tea House in Oyodo ; Tea House for Soseikan ; Paper Tea House ; Tea House in Sakura Garden -- ...

Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car. From left, Takina Shimura and his parents, Tomoko Shimura and Yoshiki Shimura, in their compact house in Zushi, Japan, a ...

The production of the cement used in concrete is a major contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions and since we're reliant on the stuff for our infrastructure, this is a serious problem. However, Nendo ...

This year’s highlights include the remodelling of a Richard Seifert brutalist ‘corncob’ tower, a celebration of Japanese carpentry and a wearable hot-water bottle ...

Italian and Japanese traditions, architecture, and culinary influences converge inside this tranquil Manhattan tea house. Founded by Italian entrepreneur Silvia Mella in collaboration with Tea Master ...

Looking back, Gloria Fischer had no idea what she was getting into buying the house in Prospect Park South. The singular bungalow, Fischer’s first home in Brooklyn, came into her life through a wrong ...