Author: Cathelijne Nuijsink

Ryue Nishizawa creates an unconventional museum for Hiroshi Senju’s paintings of nature.

Akihisa Hirata blends organic inspiration with geometric form for an art pavilion in Tokyo.

Atelier Cube extends a kindergarten to create a space for new parents.

The Japanese design firm Sinato manages to cram several culinary experiences into a difficult space.

With an unconventionally slanted wall inserted into a home design, Alphaville makes ample use of both space and light.

An architect and a landscape designer outfit a fashion showroom in steel plate, lava stones, leather, and pine.

In its first completed project, a young architecture firm considers the needs of a retired Japanese couple.

In Japan a “sharp cone” answers a young family’s divergent needs.

Woven into a rare stand of trees, Hiroshi Nakamura’s apartment building offers business travelers a place to land.

Young architects capture light in a crowded Tokyo neighborhood by curving a house toward the sun.