With a new monograph publishing this month, the Japanese designer, at 83, discusses his pioneering technique, lifelong ...

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From this experience, I learned the great aspects of Japanese traditional architecture. I started to design traditional Japanese architecture and foreign people took notice of the design," he said.

When American businessman Brian Heywood decided to build a home in Kamakura, he wondered if he could also save some old ...

House becomes furniture, domestic functions are part of the structure and architecture. It successfully makes links with traditional Japanese architecture and concepts of space. Windows are carefully ...

While in Japan, he examined traditional Japanese architecture, including pagodas, whose structural principles would influence later projects like the laboratory tower for S.C. Johnson & Son ...

Kanazawa has an active arts scene with sights such as Kenrokuen Garden, one of Japan's prettiest gardens, and the 21st ...

and the Circularity Cabin drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese wood module systems, facilitating easy disassembly and reconstruction. Takaaki Fuji + Yuko Fuji Architecture has been ...

Located by the Imperial Palace Garden, the office also features an “Engawa”, a zone used in traditional Japanese architecture to connect building interiors with its surrounding natural landscapes.