Wood Architecture

Hitoshinaya

Hitoshinaya is a Japanese traditional restaurant facing the departure lobby of Haneda Airport’s Terminal 1. It constitutes one dining facility comprised of three specialized restaurants. They connect to one another along each of the restaurant’s eaves, creating a refreshing impression of a streetsca

Zuishoji Temple

Zuishoji Temple

SUGIHARA WASHIPAPER

SUGIHARA WASHIPAPER

NOUSAKU

NOUSAKU

SunnyHills at Minami-Aoyama

This is a pineapple cake shop, utilizing Japan’s traditional woodworking technique, the so-called “hell’s structure” of connecting wooden fixtures for its exterior and interior design. The intense wood elaboration of the three-layered external wall combined without nails makes this store stand out i

NEZU MUSEUM

An architect conquers the world through his work. However, this museum started from the realization of architecture amidst the small-scale work Kengo Kuma undertook in the rural regions of Japan in the 1990s when he had no job. This inspired the titles of his books: “Anti-object” and “An Architectur

ASAKUSA CULTURE TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER

In the corner premise of just 326㎡ across Kaminari-mon Gate, the building was required to accommodate plural programs such as tourist information center, conference room, multi-purpose hall and an exhibition space. The center extends Asakusa’s lively neighborhood vertically and piles up roofs that

Koizumi Douguten

The small-scale space of this renovated old Japanese wooden building comprises sites of various purposes—a shop, an office, a warehouse, a workshop, and a viewing room. Yet, it is surprisingly austere. Its space recreates the old Japanese household concept of the “beauty of use” (which is different

Musashino Art University Library

Sou Fujimoto, considered one of the leaders of Japan’s future architectural circles, was responsible for designing this library, comprising an underground floor (book storeroom) and two floors above the ground (the art and design research floor and the studying floor). The library’s external appeara

KASHIWA

Kashiwa is one of the rare furniture makers that employ Toyota Production System at its furniture factories. For instance, they possess a production and shipping system that enables Kashiwa to swiftly deliver a monthly output of over 20,000 interior doors to each of the households that have placed a

Grand Hyatt Tokyo Chapel

Takashi Sugimoto’s artistry is the benchmark of Japan’s interior designers’ advancement into overseas markets. This can be traced to the 1990s when he produced Mezza9, a restaurant in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore. His signature design style has been transmitted to Seoul, Hong Kong, Shanghai, B

ProActive / University of Guam Japan office

The designers of the University have anticipated the internalization of the area as part of the urban development of the surrounding premises, ensuring that the internal space of the facility is largely visible on the street. The two-layered vaulted entrance hall on the roadside creates a void-like