We in the West typically see only the top slices of Japanese aesthetics: the high-concept, glass-and-aluminum Modernism of no-expense- spared commercial projects or the steep-pitched roofs and ...

The “less is more” philosophy is evident in wabi-sabi, with furniture and decor leaning more rustic and organic. For a bedroom, Venice chooses a low headboard, linen bedding, and a nightstand with a ...

A pair of designers took on an ambitious renovation of a 19th-century carriage house in Crown Heights and added Zen amenities ...

Sou Fujimoto, Shigeru Ban, and others experiment with communal housing in Tokyo. But within that context, there was one topic that came up again and again: aging, and how good design can help ...

I love keeping my home as streamlined and clutter-free as possible because a chaotic space makes me feel disorganized, stressed, and slightly off-kilter. Over the past year, I've found myself leaning ...

This playful three-bedroom home is a five-minute walk from Tampines MRT station. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

“The Yamamoto family values were forged in small spaces,” the Japanese photographer Masaki Yamamoto told me recently. For eighteen years, his family of seven coexisted in a one-room apartment in Kobe.

Living rooms typically have a sofa or two, but that doesn’t mean there’s not another way. See these examples of living rooms that dispense with the customary sofa, and take a different approach with ...

Japan has often been hailed as a country of the future, with its visitors singing praises of the technology, innovation, convenience, and efficiency that permeate nearly every aspect of Japanese life.

In the upscale Los Angeles enclave of Beverly Hills, a “stunningly preserved” mid-century Japanese Minka hit the market Tuesday for $12.99 million. The nearly 7,500-square-foot home, which exudes Zen, ...