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Office M-SA organises Tokyo home around exposed concrete furniture

October 16, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo, around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. The permanent concrete forms act as anchor points for the home’s timber-framed walls, which are designed to be easily extended or altered in the future, allowing the client to adapt

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Domino Architects divides reusable sales showroom with fabric walls

October 16, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Sheer curtains that look like translucent walls were used to divide up the structure of this temporary showroom space in Japan created by Domino Architects. Shortlisted in the large retail interiors category of Dezeen Awards 2022, PROUD Gallery Gotanda aims to offer a solution to the wasteful practice of producing condominium showrooms – temporary structures

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Ryuichi Sasaki completes angular mixed-use building near famous Tokyo temple

September 12, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studio Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture has completed a mixed-use development in Tokyo comprising a community performance space and apartments housed in angular concrete volumes. The Ideareve-Ikegami building was designed by Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture to provide a cultural hub and accommodation in a predominantly residential neighbourhood in the city’s southern Ota Ward. The area is named

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Staircase is a social space in Tokyo house by Kiri Architects

September 12, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

First floor, Light-Filled Stair Hall by Kiri Architects

A large stairwell takes up a third of the living space in Light-Filled Stair Hall, a compact family home designed by Tokyo-based Kiri Architects. The 79-square-metre house, which is shortlisted in the Urban House category of Dezeen Awards 2022, provides a home for a family of four in Nishitōkyō – an area to the west

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OEO Studio adds Nordic influences to Japandi-style apartment in Tokyo

September 1, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Textured fabrics and materials in Japandi interior

Copenhagen-based OEO Studio combined muted colours and textured materials to create the interiors for this renovated Tokyo apartment that is characterised by its Japandi design. Located within the Opus Arisugawa housing complex in central Tokyo, the apartment’s interior was renovated to combine design influences from Japan and Scandinavia – a trend known as Japandi. OEO

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Ingenhoven Architects unveils pair of plant-covered skyscrapers in Tokyo

August 30, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Plant-covered skyscrapers in Tokyo by Ingenhoven Associates

German studio Ingenhoven Architects has completed a pair of skyscrapers, including Japan’s tallest residential building, which are covered in planting on the lower levels. Set on either side of Tokyo’s tallest building – Toranomon Hills Tower designed by Japanese studio Nihon Sekkei – the pair of skyscrapers have a similar aesthetic, with one containing apartments and

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Rights to rebuild Nakagin Capsule Tower for sale

August 16, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo could soon be replicated in both real space and the metaverse, as its original architect Kisho Kurokawa’s studio is auctioning the rights to rebuild it. Tokyo-based Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates (KKAA) and Japanese investment company Laetoli are currently selling the rights to reconstruct the tower on OpenSea –

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Snøhetta unveils 36-storey “urban retreat” in Tokyo

August 5, 2022 Katie Last 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed the design for a skyscraper in Tokyo, named Shibuya Upper West Project, which is intended to be “a sanctuary of peace and relaxation in the bustle of the city”. The 164.8-metre-tall development, which will be the studio’s largest in Japan, will include shops, apartments, a luxury hotel, and facilities for art and cultural

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Gluon “using 3D data to save” the Nakagin Capsule Tower

August 3, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Japanese digital consultancy Gluon is combining data from laser scanning with 20,000 photographs to create an augmented reality model of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, which is currently being demolished. Named the 3D Digital Archive Project, the team aims to use digital technology to create an extremely accurate virtual model of the metabolist residential block designed

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Curved roof welcomes visitors to Shinagawa Branch Temple in Japan

July 9, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese architecture studio Abanba has completed a temple in Shinagawa, Tokyo, featuring a gently curving roof that shelters a glazed entrance and reflects daylight into a triple-height atrium. Architect Toshihiro Bamba’s studio Abanba was tasked with designing a replacement for an existing temple that had fallen into disrepair and needed to be relocated due to

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