designboom

MARCH 25, 2022

the architects took cues from the complex topography of azabu-juban in tokyo and their desire to eschew homogeneity. The post AAOAA disrupts architectural conventions with irregular concrete building in tokyo appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The post kengo kuma wraps corner building in tokyo with vertical concrete panels appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. panels of different sizes and textures highlight the district’s diversity, adding a more dynamic look to the urban surroundings.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Heatherwick Studio has released a new batch of project images along with an announcement of the long-awaited completion of their Azabudai Hills mixed-use district in Tokyo. The multi-billion dollar project for Mori Building Co. acres of open green space for public use.

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MAY 2, 2024

Several measures have been undertaken by local and national governments to address the increased cases, which can have consequences for building upkeep and maintenance. Related on Archinect: Minimalist concrete apartments fill a narrow site in Tokyo, designed by Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 27, 2023

OMA and Partner Shohei Shigematsu have shared new photos of their just-completed work on the Toranomon Hills Station Tower project for developer Mori Building Co. Photo: Mori Building Co.,

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Away from the monumental skyscrapers and dizzying public spaces of Tokyo’s busiest areas, NAP Architects’ tasteful office tucked away in a quiet suburb tells of a newer, more sensitive chapter in the story of Japanese architecture. Tokyo Plaza Omotesando, photography by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP.

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Archinect

APRIL 17, 2024

Japanese practice Makoto Yamaguchi Design has completed a headquarters for a game production company in Tokyo inspired by video game elements. Image credit: Koichi Torimura Across the building, every slanted wall height is optimized according to the requirements of each floor. “Not being able to see the purpose is much the sa.

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Archinect

MAY 15, 2023

Heatherwick Studio has shared new photos of their nearly complete Toranomon-Azabudai mixed-use district in the heart of Tokyo. Tokyo’s Mori Building Company is the client. ” Once in operation, the district is expected to attract some 30 million visitors annually. The project broke ground in August of 2019.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

OMA has taken a step closer to the completion of its first tower in Tokyo , following the announcement that the Toranomon Hills Station Tower will open in the Fall of 2023. Image credit: OMA NY / Mori Building Co., ” Image credit: OMA NY / Mori Building Co.,

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The reconstruction plan for the Yanmar Tokyo office on the east side of Tokyo Station, one of Japan’s most iconic train terminals. A ship-like building “sets sail” toward the world The street-facing façade toward Tokyo Station is clad in pipe louvers.

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Japan's tallest skyscraper , the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo. Our buildings always do two important things: they reach the ground in a certain way and they reach the sky in a certain way," Pelli Clarke & Partners cofounder Fred Clarke told Dezeen.

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ArchDaily

MAY 23, 2023

Image Courtesy of OMA and The Boundary OMA ’S inaugural tower in Tokyo and Japan , designed by Shohei Shigematsu and OMA New York , the Toranomon Hills Station Tower, will open this fall, 2023. A multi-layered transportation node integrated into the tower will establish a new gateway linking Central Tokyo with the rest of the world.

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Archinect

MARCH 14, 2024

Restructuring the campus to commemorate 140 years The area extending from Tokyo’s Kanda Surugadai to Jimbocho (Kanda Jimbocho) is often referred to as the Latin Quarter of Japan, with many universities located in the vicinity. One block over from Yasukuni-Dori Street, lies the Kanda Campus of Senshu University.

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designboom

MARCH 26, 2024

panasonic secures the guinness world record for the largest permanent projection mapping display, flashing animations on the tokyo metropolitan government building. The post world’s largest projection mapping display by panasonic lights up tokyo with live animations appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a "unique shape", with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. The nine-storey building occupies a site measuring just 83.5 square metres, which has buildings on either side. The result is a unique shape."

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Archinect

JULY 21, 2022

This building for the Yamato Group, the largest logistics service in Japan, combines a distribution center, a corporate museum, training facilities, a research center, and a café While this may seem like a rather unique combination of functions, for Yamato Group this specific combination was a quite rational progression based on its existing (..)

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Archinect

MAY 8, 2023

Image courtesy Mitsubishi Jisho Design The components are culled from local coffee grounds and pasta (common waste products in Italy, according to the designers) made using Fabula Food Concrete, a University of Tokyo -born Japanese product that entered the market only recently and offers architects the chance to build using a m.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Based in Chicago , these awards feature exceptional new buildings, urban planning projects, and landscape architecture of 2023. This year, the selected winners span 48 countries, from Ethiopia to Tokyo and New York to Nova Scotia. Additionally, this month, the Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB 5) is currently taking place in the city.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Heatherwick Studio has shared construction photos of its soon-to-complete Toranomon-Azabudai redevelopment project underway in Tokyo. Previously on Archinect: Heatherwick Studio begins construction in the Toranomon-Azabudai district in Tokyo. Rendering by DBOX for Mori Building Co.

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Archinect

AUGUST 31, 2022

Kurokawa used the building, called Capsule House K, as a villa residence. “I hope visitors will spend a leisurely time here and enjoy being in one of the few existing Metabolism buildings,” said Mikio. As private lodging, a maximum of seven individuals can stay per night, and they can use the kitchen to cook. [.]

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

Double-height balconies and outdoor teaching spaces enliven the facades of The British School in Tokyo, which architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed in Japan. Meanwhile, the stepped columns can be found all around the building. They wanted it to feel friendly and approachable, like a school!"

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The famed designer of many of post-war Japan’s most significant public buildings and cultural commissions and winner of the 2019 Pritzker Prize passed away peacefully on Wednesday at his home in Okinawa, according to the New York Times.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The new home of the Pace Gallery in Tokyo will feature interior spaces designed by Sou Fujimoto inside a three-story portion of Heatherwick Studio ’s exciting new Azabudai Hills development, according to plans revealed today by the gallery. Rendering © DBOX for Mori Building Co., Rendering © DBOX for Mori Building Co.,

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo , which is defined by curving roofs topped with greenery. Heatherwick Studio added trees, flowers and meandering routes between the building and on the sloping roofs, aiming to create spaces that invite exploration and encourage social gatherings.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Construction has begun on the OMA -designed Harajuku Quest project in Tokyo. The 84,000-square-foot mixed-use scheme will contain commercial and cultural functions set within a building form shaped by two differing urban contexts that interact with the site. Concept diagram. Image credit: OMA Concept diagram.

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Archinect

JUNE 2, 2022

Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a nine-story, timber -structure department store in Tokyo , presenting an elegant retail space that features several green-building practices. Called the Shibuya Marui Department Store, the space is set to become a new showcase for sustainable lifestyle brands.

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Archinect

JANUARY 17, 2024

Unique design born from the site’s characteristics This tenant office building is situated within the MEGURO MARC development district, located halfway between Meguro Station and Gotanda Station along the railway line in a convenient business area in Tokyo.

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Archinect

AUGUST 11, 2023

A Bangkok landmark known as the “robot building” has been stripped of its identity, heritage campaigners have said, as they called for the city’s distinctive architecture to preserved. [.] Campaigners have urged the bank to find a way to improve energy efficiency while maintaining the facade’s unique design.

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designboom

MARCH 24, 2023

The Tokyo Toilet by Sou Fujimoto As part of ‘The Tokyo Toilet‘ initiative, Sou Fujimoto has completed the design of a new restroom on the shopping street of Nishisando, Japan.

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MAY 6, 2024

Tokyo-based architecture practice Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture has built a house that stood on one leg on a compact site in Tokyo, Japan.Named Cuadro Nakano North, the ""Ü-square-metre building is located within walking distance from Nakano Station in western To.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The gallery is located at the rear of the Space Group Building, a modernist icon in South Korea that houses the Arario Museum. Designed by architect Kim Swoo-geun, the grey-brick, heritage-listed building was completed in the 1970s and converted into the museum in 2014.

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Deezen

APRIL 21, 2024

Named 2700, the home is designed for a young couple on a long and thin site left over following a road expansion in the city, which is close to Tokyo. IGArchitects has created a skinny house in Japan "Land in Tokyo and surrounding cities is very expensive," IGArchitects founder Masato Igarashi told Dezeen.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2022

Since it appeared on the streets of Chuo City, Tokyo in 1972, I can only imagine how many times this structure has been photographed and lauded at by visitors and passersby. At first glance, it checks all the boxes of a futuristic and head-turning project that lures the attention of both architects and the general public.

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designboom

MARCH 16, 2023

‘heatherwick studio: building soulfulness’ at mori art museum Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum is hosting its latest exhibition, Heatherwick Studio: Building Soulfulness, a poetic exploration into the type of architecture embued with heartfelt spirit.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The Brutalist structure in Takamatsu was first shuttered in 2014 and has since been the subject of preservation pushes that unsuccessfully pressured the government to save the building, which shares many of the same stylistic elements as his masterwork Yoyogi National Gymnasium built the same year for the Olympic games in Tokyo.

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2024

Located in a park in the town of Miyoshi, the building has a wooden frame covered with rammed earth made with soil sourced from construction sites and mixed with hydrated lime. Until now, it had only been used as a roadbed material for pavement, but this is the first time it has been used as a building material."

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Deezen

MARCH 25, 2023

Designer Miles Pennington and DLX Design Lab of the University of Tokyo have designed a public toilet in Japan that can be used as an exhibition space, cinema, pop-up kiosk, information centre or meeting place. Within it are expansive white walls, designed to hang artworks or display films projected from an overhead projector.

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