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Bathing Rituals

Komaeyu Bathhouse by Schemata Architects is a playful take on a tradition in Japan

Makoto Yamaguchi Design’s MONOSPINAL in street context
Inverted Pagoda

Makoto Yamaguchi Design conceals MONOSPINAL with slanted aluminum walls

portrait of Fumihiko Maki,
1928–2024

Fumihiko Maki, Pritzker Prize–winning Metabolist, dies at 95

Hear Me Out

Sound is a power untapped by architects

Tokyo’s Tallest

Pelli Clarke & Partners devises tapering glass curtain wall for JP Mori, Japan’s tallest tower

An Anatomy of Influence

Perfect Days elevates the everyday—not unlike Bêka & Lemoine’s Moriyama-San

Sharing Space

Riken Yamamoto is awarded the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize

State of the Union

Trahan Architects releases design for USA Pavilion at 2025 Expo Osaka

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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

red pagoda in lush green landscape
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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