Tokyo

Keiji Ashizawa adds “residential calm” to Aloop clinic in Ginza

January 25, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa has created the interior for a skincare clinic in Tokyo, using textiles and custom-made furniture to make it feel more residential than medical. The Aloop Clinic & Lab, which provides “skin cure and care”, is located in the city’s upscale Ginza area and run by Japanese beauty company POLA. Ashizawa wanted

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Outdoor learning spaces animate Azabudai Hills school by Heatherwick Studio

January 19, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

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. The school is located in the south of Azabudai Hills, a mixed-use district designed by Heatherwick Studio, which is made up of various timber buildings defined by curving roofs and greenery.

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IGArchitects designs home in Japan as “one big room”

December 14, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

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. Named Building Frame of the House, the home in Saitama was designed by IGArchitects to function as “one big room”. “[The clients] have a vague boundary between their private

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Heatherwick Studio unveils undulating district designed as “one of Tokyo’s greenest urban areas”

November 23, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture practice Heatherwick Studio has completed the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo, which is defined by curving roofs topped with greenery. Aiming to create a city district that provides access to nature and a diversity of spaces, Heatherwick Studio designed Azabudai Hills to contain residential buildings, retail and restaurant spaces, a school, two temples, art

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Keiji Ashizawa Design and Norm Architects create “honest” Trunk Hotel in Tokyo

November 17, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

An exposed raw concrete facade fronts the Trunk Hotel Yoyogi Park, which Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design and Danish firm Norm Architects conceived as a minimalist retreat in the heart of the city. Marking the third location in a trio of Trunk hotels in Tokyo, the design of the boutique hotel was rooted in the concept

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Japanese garden design informs Tokyo real estate office by Flooat

November 7, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Lush plants and gravel beds feature in the Tokyo offices of real estate company Mitsui & Co, which local interior studio Flooat has designed to be “as stress-free as possible”. The workspace is located on the third floor of a 1980s office block in Chiyoda, a special district of Tokyo that is also home to

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Schemata Architects clads Komaeyu bathhouse in “patchwork” of turquoise tiles

August 8, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

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. Schemata Architects renovated the existing public Komaeyu bathhouse, or sento, with the aim of making it more welcoming to the public. Located in

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Klein Dytham Architecture gives Fender’s first flagship store a welcoming feel

July 12, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Klein Dytham Architecture has aimed to counter rock music snobbery with its design for guitar brand Fender’s Tokyo flagship store, which is meant to feel welcoming to people who might feel judged in other guitar stores. The Fender store sits across the bottom four floors of the glass-walled Ice Cubes building, a 12,000-square-metre space in

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Keiji Ashizawa designs “home-like” The Conran Shop in Hillside Terrace

July 5, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Designer Keiji Ashizawa has devised the interiors of The Conran Shop Daikanyama in Tokyo, which is located inside a building by architect Fumihiko Maki and spotlights products from Japan and Asia. The latest outpost from British retailer The Conran Shop is located in the modernist Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama, a quiet area close to the

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Tile-clad Tokyo toilets are drenched in bright green and yellow light

June 22, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Local studio I IN has renovated two toilets in a Tokyo shopping centre, using lights that “propose new colours for genders” to create vivid interiors. The interior design studio completely renovated the two toilets, which are located on the restaurant floor of the shopping centre Shin-Marunouchi in Chiyoda City, Tokyo. It began by wrapping both

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