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All Wrapped Up

Clouds AO wraps a Fukuoka building in satin-finished stainless steel

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The Ark Sets Sail

Kenzo Tange’s Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium to be demolished due to high cost of repairs

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The Fold

Issey Miyake’s collaborations with architects should be part of his legacy

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Shōya Chic

The Huntington adds 320-year-old Japanese house to its permanent collection

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A Tale of Two Neighborhoods

OMA unveils design for Tokyo shopping center that straddles two disconnected neighborhoods

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Sustainable Sugi

Nori Architects retrofits an office building with a new facade constructed from natural and recycled materials

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Zen Restored

Restoration work completes on iconic pagoda at San Francisco’s Japanese Tea Garden

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Coming Soon

MACK’s forthcoming architecture collection will publish five titles

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Happy Trails

Daily digest: MEGASOFT launches a database of Japanese buildings, Greyhound is acquired by a German transit startup, and more

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Nakagin, Unplugged

Preservation efforts kick into high gear as the demolition of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower looms

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Metabolic Collapse

Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower faces renewed threats of demolition

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Days Of Future Present

ANIME ARCHITECTURE constructs the future by pulling from the past

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Wood Wizardry

New York’s Japan Society explores the art behind traditional carpentry tools

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The Frame Game

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles will virtually reopen with a window-centric new show

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Big Five, Big Moves

Because of labor shortages, this Japanese dam is being built by robots

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Japanese At Ease

Love is Enough clads the Rule of Thirds restaurant at A/D/O in Douglas fir

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These Structures are Big in Japan

Japanese engineering gets its due in Structured Lineages

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Nothing to Hida

Japan House Los Angeles displays exquisite furniture handcrafted in the Hida region

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