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Kengo Kuma reveals cedar-clad public toilet in Tokyo

July 2, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Nabeshima Shoto Park toilet by Kengo Kuma

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled a toilet in Tokyo named A Walk in the Woods, which was designed to “to dispel the conventional image of public toilets”. The cedar-clad toilet is Kuma’s contribution to the Nippon Foundation’s Tokyo Toilet project, which has seen public toilets designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winners Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban and Fumihiko Maki in the

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I IN overhauls 80s Tokyo apartment to change perception of renovations in Japan

June 21, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Reeded glass partitions, stucco walls and red walnut joinery feature in this renovation of a compact apartment in Tokyo by local studio I IN. Created for Smarg, the renovation arm of Japanese real estate firm Goodlife, The Life concept apartment was designed to reframe the way that Japanese homeowners perceive renovated apartments. “There is a

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Keiji Ashizawa builds Blue Bottle Coffee’s Tokyo outpost around volcanic-ash counter

June 14, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Blue Bottle Coffee Shibuya by Keiji Ashizawa Design

Brick-like tiles with a volcanic ash glaze created by Formafantasma and textured concrete walls feature in this coffee shop in Shibuya, Tokyo, by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design. Located a short walk from Tokyo’s busy downtown area, this Blue Bottle Coffee outpost was conceived as an urban retreat sandwiched between two parks. It serves coffee

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Azabu Residence in Tokyo references mid-century American design and Brazilian modernism

June 9, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Danish firm Norm Architects and Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design have designed a mid-century modern-informed interior for Azabu Residence in Tokyo using muted dark tones and warm natural materials. The two studios also designed bespoke furniture for the apartment, which is located in a building from 1988 that sits on a green plot on a hill

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Theatrical curtains enclose the entrance of Tokyo fashion store The Playhouse

April 14, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studios Pan Projects and Haruki Oku Design have renovated a fashion store in Tokyo using moving curtains and rotating walls to create adaptable retail and events spaces. Renamed The Playhouse, the building for the Vulcanize fashion store in the Aoyama district was directly informed by the theatre with a dramatic facade animated by moving curtains. London-based Pan Projects worked with local

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Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo

April 1, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

Parisian studio RDAI has designed a store on Tokyo’s prestigious Omotesando Avenue for fashion house Hermès, which was designed to evoke aspects of Japanese nature and culture. The 488-square-metre store is the first freestanding Hermès outlet in Tokyo since the brand opened its Ginza emporium in 2001, which was also designed by RDAI. The latest store occupies a prime

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Unemori Architects creates small blocky house on “tiny plot” in Tokyo

March 26, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Small Tokyo house with corrugated iron facade

Japanese architecture studio Unemori Architects has designed a small house formed of several stacked boxes wrapped in corrugated steel on a 26-square-metre plot in Tokyo. Named House Tokyo, the house was designed to make most of a small plot of land in a densely populated area of the Japanese capital. “With the building area of

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Jun Aoki & Associates wraps Louis Vuitton’s Tokyo store in “poetic yet playful” pearlescent facade

March 25, 2021 James Parkes 0

Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has created a distinctive flagship store for Louis Vuitton in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district with an undulating facade and interiors by architect Peter Marino. Replacing the brand’s previous store, which has occupied the same corner since 1981, the seven-storey Louis Vuitton Ginza Namiki store is wrapped in a water-like facade.

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Suppose Design Office creates “floating” concrete toilet in Tokyo

March 2, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Floating concrete toilet near Olympic Stadium in Tokyo

Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has built a monolithic concrete toilet alongside the Sendagaya Station near Tokyo’s Olympic stadium. Built ahead of the postponed Tokyo Olympics, the toilet replaces an existing facility next to Sendagaya Station, which will serve passengers visiting the Kengo Kuma-designed National Stadium during this year’s Olympics. Suppose Design Office aimed for the

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House T by Suppose Design Office is a “cave-like” concrete house in downtown Tokyo

February 28, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0

The exterior of a stepped concrete house in Japan

Architect Tanijiri Makoto of Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has created a monolithic concrete home for himself and his family in Tokyo, featuring dark living spaces that open onto a sheltered terrace. Suppose Design Office has so far created more than 150 houses, but its founder never believed he would be able to build one

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