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Dezeen Debate features forest house with "brutal privacy screens"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home surrounded by concrete blocks by design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home surrounded by concrete blocks by design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Screens of concrete panels surround Block Wall House, a triangular home that design studio Nendo has nestled into a forest in Japan. More
Architecture practice Chidori Studio has completed Hokuriku Residence No. 3, a house in Hakusan that references traditional Japanese homes and industrial architecture. More
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. More
Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More
Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan, which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 metres. More
Slender timber columns frame the living spaces in Forest of Pillars, a block of two family homes in Fukushima, Japan, designed by local studio IGArchitects to reference the forest of thin trees at the rear of the site. More
Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan, to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". More
Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya, Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. More
Architecture studio BIG has released images of Not A Hotel Setouchi, a trio of holiday villas it has designed for Sagishima island in Japan. More
Architecture practice Studio AMB has renovated a century-old traditional Japanese home in the Misumi region of Shimane to create a minimalist guesthouse, featuring a communal ground floor that is open to the elements. More
Japanese studio IGArchitects conceived this home in Tokyo as an adaptable space for both living and working, with stepped living areas framed by boardmarked concrete walls. More
Known for a string of boundary-pushing projects, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami discusses his unusual approach to designing buildings in this exclusive interview. More
Architect Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designed A Cat Tree House as a home in Kamakura, Japan, for his family and cats. More
A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. More
Natural materials and large windows overlooking a garden are used to create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort at this dental clinic in Japan, designed by local studio TSC Architects. More
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has designed Komaeyu, a public bathhouse in the suburbs of Tokyo that features turquoise tiling, a sauna and a bandai – a bar and reception area for socialising. More
Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has transformed an old wooden building into a warm-toned home and public restaurant named House in Hayashisaki Matsue Beach. More
A module from the Nakagin Capsule Tower, which was recently disassembled in Tokyo, has been acquired by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in the USA. More
Two cantilevered stacked volumes of contrasting materials form Laxus, a new home designed by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates. More