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Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects

January 23, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Jo Nagasaka’s architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. Schemata Architects changed everything inside the eight-storey Shibuya hotel, except the capsules themselves. The result is an interior that combines contemporary, pared-back finishes with retro details. The project was commissioned by Nine Hours, a hotel

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Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects

January 23, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Jo Nagasaka’s architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. Schemata Architects changed everything inside the eight-storey Shibuya hotel, except the capsules themselves. The result is an interior that combines contemporary, pared-back finishes with retro details. The project was commissioned by Nine Hours, a hotel

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Retro capsule hotel in Tokyo gets contemporary makeover by Schemata Architects

January 23, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Jo Nagasaka’s architecture studio has overhauled a capsule hotel in Tokyo, pairing old sleeping cabins with a suite of timber-lined saunas. Schemata Architects changed everything inside the eight-storey Shibuya hotel, except the capsules themselves. The result is an interior that combines contemporary, pared-back finishes with retro details. The project was commissioned by Nine Hours, a hotel

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Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects divides up tiny Tokyo apartment with sliding screens

December 26, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has renovated a room inside a reinforced-concrete building in Tokyo to create a 34-square-metre studio apartment that can be divided up with sliding wooden screens.  Located in a residential area of Tokyo between Shibuya and Daikanyama, the small apartment is separated into two parts by a series of sliding zigzag-patterned screens. One side of the apartment

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Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects divides up tiny Tokyo apartment with sliding screens

December 26, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has renovated a room inside a reinforced-concrete building in Tokyo to create a 34-square-metre studio apartment that can be divided up with sliding wooden screens.  Located in a residential area of Tokyo between Shibuya and Daikanyama, the small apartment is separated into two parts by a series of sliding zigzag-patterned screens. One side of the apartment

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Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao

November 14, 2017 Alice Finney 0

Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. The apartment is located in a condominium in the suburban town of Chofu, and is aptly named House in Chofu. The

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Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao

November 14, 2017 Alice Finney 0

Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. The apartment is located in a condominium in the suburban town of Chofu, and is aptly named House in Chofu. The

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Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao

November 14, 2017 Alice Finney 0

Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. The apartment is located in a condominium in the suburban town of Chofu, and is aptly named House in Chofu. The

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Tadao Ando creates full-scale mock up of Church of the Light for Tokyo exhibition

October 31, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

A full-size model of Church of the Light takes centre stage in a survey of Tadao Ando’s 50-year career – even though the architect told Dezeen his latest projects are his best work. Tadao Ando: Endeavors at The National Art Center in Tokyo is an exhibition covering the architect’s entire career. It starts with his transition

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Schemata Architects creates red-toned interior for Tokyo grocery store inside skinny tower

October 21, 2017 Ali Morris 0

For the interior of this dried food store in Tokyo, Schemata Architects painted fixtures and fittings the same shade of red as the skinny building it is set inside. Called Yagicho, the store occupies the ground floor of a slim, nine-storey office block in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, that was designed and built by the Hishida Construction Company

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