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Modern Japanese houses inspiring minimalism and avant-garde living
We tour the best Japanese architecture and modern Japanese houses designed by international and local architects that open up possibilities for all types of lifestyle, from minimalist to communal in Japanese architecture.
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Artist’s Palate: Chiharu Shiota’s recipe for okonomiyaki
Get tangled up in Chiharu Shiota’s recipe for okonomiyaki, from our January 2023 issue’s Artist’s Palate feature, a Wallpaper* homage to our favourite contemporary art
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Shiguchi is a Japanese cultural retreat that bridges tradition and the 21st century
Shiguchi is a new Japanese cultural hub set amid nature, by artist and collector Shouya Grigg
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№ 001 Minami Aoyama is an Aston Martin architectural venture in Tokyo
№ 001 Minami Aoyama is a bespoke residence for an Aston Martin collector, located in the heart of Tokyo’s Omotesando; shaped by Aston Martin, Vibroa, and Intentionallies, it’s due for completion in 2023
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Kengo Kuma’s One@Tokyo hotel juxtaposes tradition and modernity
One@Tokyo's Kengo Kuma design is the latest project from Agora Hospitalities Co and Sky Hospitality
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‘East Meets West’: artists Samiro Yunoki and Kori Girard unite at Ace Hotel Kyoto
Art exhibition, ‘East Meets West’ at Ace Hotel Kyoto marks Japanese artist Samiro Yunoki’s 100th birthday, in dialogue with new works by American artist Kori Girard
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Designart Tokyo transforms the city into a museum of creativity
Designart Tokyo presents global design highlights through a series of exhibitions involving global creative talent and traditional Japanese craft
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This new rug release from Floor Story is causing a cosmic eclipse
Kangan Arora and Floor Story have designed ten otherworldly illusions of form and tone – the ‘Cosmic Check’ and ‘Falling Shadows’ rug collections
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Explore Junya Ishigami's cave-like house and restaurant design
Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed his impressive, cave-like Home/Restaurant project in his home country's Yamaguchi
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Scandinavian design meets Japanese heritage in OEO Studio’s Tokyo apartment
OEO Studio has collaborated with Japanese property developer ReBita on a luxury new apartment at Tokyo’s Opus Arisugawa Terrace & Residence
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Kyoto home by Atelier Luke nods to Japanese metabolism movement
Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. Next up, Atelier Luke, with offices in Australia and Japan, joins our 2022 list
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Kai Yufuin by Kengo Kuma revisits Japanese farmhouse architecture
Hoshino Resorts has launched Kai Yufuin, a hot spring ryokan hotel by Kengo Kuma on the island of Kyushu in the Ōita Prefecture
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This Hayama house offers a twist on Japanese seaside living
A new house in Hayama by architects Case-Real offers a new take on living in the Japanese seaside town
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Heatherwick Studio unveils undulating mixed-use Tokyo scheme design
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Boutique mixed-use scheme in Japan combines music and living
A mixed-use scheme combining a music hall with residential units is completed in Japan, courtesy of Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture
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MMA crafts Japanese home around a series of boxes
Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. Today, we welcome Japan's MMA Inc to our 2022 list
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Torus House floats over Chiba prefecture’s natural landscape
Torus House by Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture is perched floating above a hillside in Japan's Chiba prefecture
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Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara opens at Vitra Campus
The Umbrella House by Kazuo Shinohara is installed at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein
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teamLab: how a Tokyo art collective pioneered an immersive art boom
With an operatic intervention and a show at Pace Geneva, teamLab, the now-700-strong Tokyo-based collective that blazed a trail for experiential, tech-fuelled art, continues to value ‘physical interaction in physical space’
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The Scoop Landscape House opens up to Tokyo’s views
Japanese practice Not Architects Studio is behind The Scoop Landscape House, an unusual Tokyo home
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Tanabe Chikuunsai IV wraps Casa Loewe Barcelona in 6,000 strips of tiger bamboo
Inside the newly revamped Casa Loewe Barcelona, Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV reflects on family traditions and environmental destruction with a staggering bamboo installation
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Botanical sculptor Azuma Makoto creates a sculptural ecosystem at Mexico’s SFER IK
Japanese artist Azuma Makoto’s largest flower sculpture to date responds to SFER IK’s unique biophilic design and the surrounding wilderness
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Cartier’s Japanese headquarters: a harmonious brand interpretation
Tokyo-based studio I IN designs Cartier’s brand new Japanese headquarters
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Teruhiro Yanagihara creates terroir-inspired interiors for new restaurant Sower in Japan
Sower, the new Japanese restaurant on Lake Biwa, features a minimalist design and a material palette inspired by its surroundings
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Valley Gallery by Tadao Ando is Naoshima's newest art pilgrimage site
The latest addition to Japan’s Benesse Art Site, Tadao Ando’s Valley Gallery is a geometric gem that makes the most of its remote setting
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Japanese housing project cuts slender figure in Tokyo streets
FLAT369 by Japanese architecture studio by No555 impresses with its slim figure and minimalist approach in Tokyo’s dense streets
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Chiharu Shiota’s ‘labyrinth within a labyrinth’ at Copenhagen’s Cisternerne
Chiharu Shiota has become the latest artist to take over the arched depths of Copenhagen’s Cisternerne. Titled Multiple Realities, her installation is a poetic landscape of web-like yarn, both serene and unsettling
