Sarugaku – backstreet shopping mall
Who would think about building an open-air shopping mall on a piece of land that measures only 5,791 square feet?
a (small) splash of color
Some noticeable tendencies found in contemporary Japanese houses: 1. very small 2. an interior with stark white walls or fair-faced concrete 3. using single letter in naming a proj
Dancing trees, Singing birds
It’s hard to believe this is in Tokyo… A six-apartment complex located in central Tokyo. Below is the architectural model. Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Architects Tag: H
Clean, modern, well thought out
He is no Tadao Ando, but that doesn’t make Akira Sakamoto any less of an architect. If you had a choice between Ando and him as an architect for your very first house,
Kenzopower by Kenya Hara
Although most Japanese don’t care about fragrances, last end of July, there was an event to announce the launch of Kenzopower at the former Tomyoji Temple in my hometown Naka
Sou Fujimoto & House O
Sou (Sosuke) Fujimoto is probably one of the most promising young architects in the world. His website sucks big time, but I even find that interesting. Or maybe he just doesn̵
Buddha in the barrel
Those who have been to Japan will have visited the ancient capital Kyoto but may not have heard of a city called Kamakura. Kamakura is a city by the Pacific ocean 40 miles south-we
Nobuyoshi Araki @Jablonka Gallery, Berlin
アラーキーこと荒木経惟の、ベルリンでの展覧会の模様を撮ったフィルム。会場には、モノクロの「緊縛」シリーズからの１００点が
John Burnham Schwartz
In summer of 1987, I met a handsome Harvard student in Tokyo. He was staying in Japan during the summer break. I don’t remember why he wanted to visit Japan but clearly do re
Gwenael Nicolas’s Curiosity
Philippe Starck seems to have been consumed by his own profession, but designer Gwenael Nicolas may have found something almost spiritual in being a designer.
Bouquet by 吉岡徳仁
A new chair designed by Tokujin Yoshioka (吉岡徳仁) for Italian brand Moroso The designer’s website
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