Following its very own principles, Japanese architecture is a true exhibition in balance: balance between history and ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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.

Tasked with creating a minimalist, elegantly designed home whilst retaining most of the existing finishes, Woon Chung Yen and the team at METRE Architects introduced a unique timber loft into the 4.7 ...

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, ...