As a new book and exhibition explore the magic of the Japanese home, BBC Designed ... some of the quirkiest architecture in Japan. Consider Kazuya Sejima’s Small House (Tokyo, 2011), a model ...

Delve into the washitsu's role in Japanese homes, blending cultural history with contemporary interior design for a unique ...

When they laid eyes on The Falls, a 1960s midcentury-modern home with Japanese architectural influences ... Before, the home had a small kitchen and dining room on one side—which Aiko didn ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia ... and climate science. Japanese homes have been described as “unusual” and even as “weird" by ...

Here we tour the best modern residential ... This Tokyo home for a young family occupies a privileged corner plot within a serene residential neighbourhood in the heart of Tokyo. Its architects, ...

For a couple in Fukuoka, Japan, a prefecture capital of 1.6 million ... To provide total privacy, the approximately 3,080-square-foot home is designed like a theater-in-the-round, its curving ...

The 87-square-meter house was originally built as a traditionalJapanese home, with numerous partitions that made it incompatible with the modern ... on traditional Japanese architecture The ...

The resulting home embodies the tranquility and exquisite tension that is the true strength of Japanese culture while subtly evoking wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection.' Ellie Stathaki is the ...

In many cases these Akiya are sold for cheap, causing people to flock from abroad and buy the houses to turn them into cafes, hotels, or even family homes. Similarly, some Japanese people who are ...

This Japanese-inspired modern house is one of nearly 200 completed homes in the upscale 1,010-acre ... and there are other small towns within a 15 to 20 minute’s drive.

He is passionate about Japanese architecture. When it came to building his new home, he wanted the beauty and authenticity of a traditional residence, but with modern conveniences and a location ...

Scenes of buildings reduced to rubble were beamed around the world this week following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Ishikawa prefecture on Japan’s western coast on Monday. The full ...