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Japanese Buildings News 2020
post updated 9 Dec 2020
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art – exhibition news
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Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
The Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art building renovation project won a number of architecture and design awards, and was lauded in art and architecture journals as well as travel magazines. It has also become a popular film backdrop and its light-filled public spaces are attracting many visitors.
7 Oct 2020
Housing Complex Niigata III, Chūbu
26 Aug 2020
WORK x ation Site, Karuizawa
WORK x ation Site Karuizawa
7 Aug 2020
ACROS Centre Fukuoka
12 May 2020
Continuous Plate House 2.0 in Fukui
31 Jan 2020
M house, Katsuyama, Fukui ken
Architects: BAUM ; Lead Architects: Daisuke Kishina
M house Katsuyama, Fukui ken
8 Jan 2020
Toyota Woven City, Susono City, Shizuoka
Architect: BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group
image : Squint Opera
Toyota Woven City, Susono, Shizuoka
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Japanese Buildings News 2019
6 Dec 2019
Kasho Gyoen Hotel in Hokkaido
Architects: Hiramoto Design Studio
photography: Koji Fujii / Nacása&Partners Inc
18 Nov 2019
New House in Kyoto City
Architect: Eastern Design Office
7 Jul 2019
Hotel Ninja Black in Kyoto City
Architect: Eastern Design Office
photography : Koichi Torimura, Jeffrey Friedl, Takashi Inaizumi
The site is located in just west of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. The area is populated with houses, small shops, apartment buildings, and hotels.
17 Apr 2019
Australia House, Niigata Prefecture
Design: Andrew Burns Architecture
photography: Brett Boardman
Set in the ‘snow country’ of Niigata Prefecture Japan, Andrew Burns Architecture has completed a gallery, studio and atelier, creating a setting for production and exhibition of work by Australian artists in collaboration with local community.
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Japanese Buildings News 2018
11 Aug 2018
Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel Restoration, Niigata Prefecture, northwest Japan
photo : Nacasa & Partners Inc.
Tunnel of Light 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Triennale
MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed the restoration of the Kiyotsu Gorge Tunnel in Japan’s Niigata prefecture. The revitalization project sees the installation of several permanent artistic spaces along the historic lookout tunnel, with the intention of bringing back the cultural energy that once empowered the region.
30 Apr 2018
Archasm Tokyo (Anti) Library Architecture Contest
image courtesy of architecture contest organisers
Japanese Architecture Design Competition 2018
Japan and its people have been at the forefront of a digital revolution since the past four or five decades. The country has long existed between two realms. On the one hand, we have the traditional “old world” of temples, tea ceremonies and calligraphic cherry blossoms.
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Japan Architectural Updates 2017
30 Oct 2017
Private Resort XIV Toba Bettei, Arashima, Toba City, Mie
Design: NIKKEN SPACE DESIGN LTD
photo : Nacása & Partners Inc.
Private Resort XIV Toba Bettei in Ise-Shima
These guest rooms were designed as part of an annex to a membership resort hotel in Toba in Ise-Shima, where the 2016 G7 Summit was held. Arranged in an authentic Japanese style, the building is situated in a prime location overlooking the waters of Ise-Shima, with a traditional Japanese-style garden and a large pond that lends an impression of continuity to the sea.
24 Oct 2017
WADA Sports Shop, Himeji-shi, Kansai region
Architect: KTX archiLAB
photo © Stirling Elmendorf
WADA Sports Shop in Himeji-shi
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, WADA Sports is moving to a newly built headquarter and main retail shop. The new building is also a studio for Wada Bari technology, the brand’s original racket stringing technology.
19 Oct 2017
Contemporary University Classroom, Ishikawa, Chūbu region, Honshū island
Design: KELUN
photo : Yasuhito Inamori
Blackboard Classroom in Ishikawa by Kelun
The existing classroom is a large classroom where 100 people in a space of length 16.8 m × width 10.5 m can study, a place many students use. The architects inserted a “blackboard wall” shaped like an egg into an existing classroom. Just paint the walls of the blackboard and provide a palette of beautiful colors. The renovation is achieved with simple operation.
5 Sep 2017
House in Matsuyacho, Osaka
Design: Shogo Aratani Architect & Associates
photo : Shigeo Ogawa
House in Matsuyacho
4 Sep 2017
Gallery in Kiyosato Villa With Exhibition Space, Kiyosato, Hokuto, Yamanashi
Architect: Satoshi Okada Architects
photographer: Koichi Torimura ; Copyrights belong to Satoshi Okada architects Inc., 2006
Gallery in Kiyosato Villa With Exhibition Space
A newly conceived structural system, named Container Structure System, bears the loads of the gallery: it consists of a ship-shaped core in which small spaces encased. This monocoque is realized with inexpensive timber members and veneer panels and assembled with a software. The outcome is a solid and easily expandable shell.
28 Aug 2017
House in Hoshigaoka, Hirakata-shi, Osaka
Design: Shogo ARATANI Architect & Associates
photograph : Shigeo Ogawa
House in Hoshigaoka
Contemporary Residence in Muko, Kyoto
Design: Fujiwara Architects
photo : Yano Toshiyuki
Kyoto Residence
House in Kaga City, Chubu region, Honshu Island
Design: KELUN
photo : Yasuhito Inamori
House in Kaga City
Hafye House, Odawara City, Kanagawa
Architect: CUBO
photo : Hiroshi Ueda
Hafye House in Odawara City
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Japan Architectural Updates 2015
8 Apr 2015
Harumi Residential Tower in Tokyo
Design: Richard Meier & Partners
photo courtesy of architects office
Gyomin Syokudo Restaurant in Okinawa
House Wago, Shizuoka
Design: msd-office, architects
photos : Tadafumi Masuda / msd-office, Yasutaka Shimizu / NINE SENSE
Contemporary House in Shizuoka
Ring Around a Tree, Fuji
Tezuka Architects
Ring Around a Tree
Kakko House, Osaka
Architect: YYAA
photo : Keishiro Yamada
Kakko House in Osaka
PABLO Himeji, Japan
Design: Design Atelier RONDO
PABLO Himeji Store
D-Apartment in Osaka
Architect: SPACESPACE
photograph : Koichi Torimura
D-Apartment in Osaka
N strips Residence
Architect: Jun Murata / JAM
photograph : Jun Murata / JAM
N strips Residence Osaka
House in Ishikawa Japan by Kelun
House for Contemporary Art Residence
N8-house Residence, Omura City, Nagasaki
House Passage of Landscape, Toyota, Aichi
Mirrors Cafe in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, central Honshu, Japan
Design: Hisanori Ban of bandesign, Architects
picture : Shigetomo Mizuno
Mirrors Cafe in Gifu
Orandajima House Afterschool Facility, Yamada machi
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
Fusionner 3.0 Exhibition, Shukutoku University of Aichi
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