Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in ...

INTEREST in Japanese architecture seems to be steadily rising in the United States. American architectural periodicals show an increasing impact of Japanese influence. The Japanese “Pine Breeze House” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following the advice of Zen masters, Jon Stollenmeyer endured months of rejection before finally getting his foot in the sliding door. By Brian Lam Reporting from Honolulu This article is part of our ...

The little Japanese-style house, roofed with gray tiles reminiscent of an old Tokyo neighborhood, perches on the tip of wind-swept Rincon Point in Santa Barbara County, jutting dramatically out toward ...

Ancestral, vernacular, minimalist and harmonious. For many, these words have come to define the architecture of Japan, a country that has long served as a source of cultural and technological ...

Kengo Kuma and Associates, a world-renowned Japanese architecture firm, recently completed the Kusugibashi Bridge in Osogoe, Shuto Town, Iwakuni City in Japan. The bridge is a replacement for the old ...

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 ...

This Japanese-influenced home on Kauai channels the historic architecture of Hawaii, though it was only built in 2018, according to listing agent Matt Beall. “The design is an homage to the heritage ...