architecture in japan

03 / 07

2023

Vacation house for a car-loving client by Hitoshi Saruta / CUBO design architect

Spending time with cars is the concept behind this vacation house intended as a fun retreat for a car-loving client and friends...

10 / 13

2022

The first hybrid timber high-rise hotel in Japan by Mitsubishi Jisho Design

This design for Japan's first hybrid timber high-rise hotel aims to maximize the use of local materials...

07 / 20

2022

JINS PARK Maebashi by Yuko Nagayama and Associates

This store for the major eyewear brand JINS is located on a busy suburban thoroughfare. As online shopping becomes more common, physical stores must go beyond serving as places to handle or try on goods...

06 / 16

2022

BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE Pop Up Cafe - Shibuya by Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects

This project was started when James Freeman, the founder of Blue Bottle Coffee, gave me the offer after a long time...

05 / 31

2022

Shibuya Marui Department Store by Foster + Partners

Designs for the Shibuya Marui Department Store, a nine-storey retail development in Tokyo, which is set to become a new showcase for sustainable lifestyle brands, have been revealed...

05 / 04

2022

Kozakai Kifukan Community Center by Yasuyuki ITO / C+A Coelacanth and Associates

This core community building in the Kozakai district of Toyokawa contains a community center, library, children's center, and city hall branch office...

12 / 22

2021

TOKYO TORCH Tokiwabashi Tower by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei

Tokiwabashi Tower, a 38-story, 212-meter-high mixed-use building, is the first element of the project to be completed...

11 / 17

2021

Higashitateishi Nursery School by Aisaka Architects' Atelier

It is a house where children can play freely in a setting their instructors and families know is safe; a park where all students can move their bodies and develop their minds...

10 / 27

2021