Child dies after exhibit catches fire at Tokyo Design Week
A five-year-old boy died and two men were injured when an installation caught fire at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday. More
A five-year-old boy died and two men were injured when an installation caught fire at Tokyo Design Week on Sunday. More
Tokyo-based studio Do Do has designed this house and studio for a graphic designer and his wife, and created a special elevated pathway for their pet cat. More
Nendo has revisited its technique of creating sketch-like objects with a series of 3D-printed pieces that look like the outlines of paper. More
A roof terrace, balconies and an external staircase maximise outdoor space for this overlooked house in Tokyo designed by Japanese studio Front Office. More
Plywood panels are used to conceal storage and serving hatches inside this Tokyo coffee shop by Schemata Architects. More
A multi-layered facade creates extra privacy for the residents of this Tokyo house designed by local firm Satoru Hirota Architects (+ slideshow). More
Theatrical lighting illuminates products inside the new black and gold Dolce & Gabbana store in Tokyo by French designer Gwenael Nicolas. More
Models by Japanese architects including Shigeru Ban, Kengo Kuma and Riken Yamamoto are the focus of a museum that has opened in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Schemata Architects and KHA Studio have transformed a space in Tokyo to create a minimal fashion boutique that is entirely visible from the street (+ slideshow). More
A pointy wooden roof tops this concrete house in Tokyo, which led Apollo Architects & Associates to name the building Hat. More
Japanese designer Yota Kakuda has combined industrial and citrus tones in his interior design for Bake Kitasenju, a cheese tart shop in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Home rentals website Airbnb has created a multipurpose office space based on traditional Japanese interiors and neighbourhoods for its Tokyo employees (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architects including Sou Fujimoto, Atelier Bow-Wow, Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban have all designed houses of the future for a Tokyo exhibition (+ movie). More
World heritage Corb: one of French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier's lesser-known buildings among the 17 recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List is a concrete museum in Tokyo, which holds a collection dedicated to western thought and art. More
Swooping steel-clad walls support the cross-shaped roof window of Kenzo Tange's 1960s St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, documented in these new images by architecture photographer Edmund Sumner (+ slideshow). More
Thick, galvanised-steel frames highlight a selection of windows on the concrete facade of this apartment block in Tokyo designed by Japanese studios Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O (+ slideshow). More
Japanese practices Sasaki Architecture and Atelier O have transformed the ground level of a 40-year-old warehouse in Tokyo into a gallery for traditional Hina dolls (+ slideshow). More
Japanese studio Geneto Architects has used a medley of mirrors, windows and framed prints to divide the spaces in this Tokyo office (+ slideshow). More
Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa has transformed the interior of a concrete building in Tokyo into a space for fashion designer Issey Miyake's pleated menswear collection (+ slideshow). More
Perforated steel panels create private enclosures around the balconies that front this compact housing development in Tokyo by local architect Hiroyuki Moriyama (+ slideshow). More