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Interior of a wood restaurant with bar seating; Rule of Thirds

Japanese At Ease

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

March 13, 2020

A large yellow and orange inflatable structure built in Japan

These Structures are Big in Japan

Japanese engineering gets its due in Structured Lineages

February 7, 2020

Interior of a gallery with Japanese-styled wood chairs lined up

Nothing to Hida

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

January 21, 2020

Fans in front of a Nintendo prop

Real Nintendo Power

Super Nintendo World will open at Universal Studios Japan for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

January 15, 2020

Exterior photo of a short, gabled house designed by Muji

Muji’s newest prefab home has ample open space and zero stairs

January 8, 2020

The Nakagin Capsule Tower, an iconic collection of stacked concrete cubes

Tokyo Tear-Down?

Fate of Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower still up in the air

August 27, 2019

Photo of a tree covered in envelopes in Los Angeles's Little Tokyo

L.A.’s Little Tokyo combats displacement with summer arts series

August 13, 2019

An image of a large gray building with a sweeping concave roof on the water.

Why doesn’t the U.S. design buildings to survive earthquakes?

July 10, 2019

Interior photo of the restaurant Tsukimi, with two long wooden tables facing each other and overhead tube lights and mirrors

A Taste of Tsukimi

The Japanese tradition of moon-viewing lights up Tsukimi in the East Village

July 10, 2019

Rendering of a stilted canopy

Junya Ishigami’s use of unpaid interns draws criticism after Serpentine selection

March 22, 2019

Photo of a rounded, windowless hall

46th Pritzker Prize Winner

Japanese architect Arata Isozaki named the 2019 Pritzker laureate

March 5, 2019

Suspension of Disbelief

Suspended structure will house research into space-exploring Japanese robots

November 27, 2018