Commentary: Cheating at the Olympics? Joseph Giovannini July 22, 2021 4 Comments As the Tokyo Games begin, remember Zaha Hadid’s winning design for the stadium that was never built.Read More
Kadokawa Culture Museum Library by Kengo Kuma & Associates Tokyo Ilana Herzig May 7, 2021 No Comments Kengo Kuma designs towering labyrinthine bookshelves for a museum's library near Tokyo.Read More
Bay Window Tower House by Takaaki Fuji + Yuko Fuji Architecture Tokyo Naomi Pollock, FAIA April 1, 2021 One Comment Partners in design and life, Takaaki and Yuko Fuji tailor their own home for living on a tight Tokyo site. Read the article and watch a video tour.Read More
Think Global, Act Local: Tokyo's Carbon Policy Mira Locher , FAIA May 1, 2020 No Comments Architects and clients in Japan's capital are responding to the city’s increased emphasis on energy efficiency through state-of-the-art facilities and innovative building-management schemes.Read More
Japan Society Exhibition Examines Tokyo from the 1964 to 2020 Olympic Summer Games Stephan Jaklitsch October 21, 2019 No Comments “MADE IN TOKYO: Architecture and Living, 1964/2020” is on view at the Japan Society in New York through January 26, 2020.Read More
'Uncertain Journey' by Chiharu Shiota Tokyo Kara Mavros October 8, 2019 No Comments Over 170 miles of red wool are suspended from the ceiling and walls for this installation at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo.Read More
PATH by ARTechnic architects Tokyo Naomi Pollock, FAIA April 1, 2019 No Comments Circulation takes the high road in a singular home, tucked into a tight urban site in Japan.Read More
Fast Retailing Headquarters by Allied Works Architecture Tokyo Erika Sawaguchi June 4, 2018 No Comments Uniqlo's year-old home base in Tokyo borrows from the organizational logic of an urban plan.Read More
'Genealogies of Transformation' Opens at Mori Art Museum Paula Deitz May 29, 2018 No Comments An exhibition at the Tokyo museum highlights traditional architecture's critical role and explores Modernism's deep roots in Japan.Read More
Lath House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Tokyo Naomi Pollock, FAIA May 1, 2018 No Comments Classical Japanese architectural motifs enhance a surprising enclave in Tokyo.Read More