Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fascinating new book chronicles unorthodox Japanese residential architecture over the past almost 80 years. When World War II ...

This wood-clad Japanese contemporary home in Niseko blends into a secluded forest of birch and pine trees yet is minutes from some of the best skiing in Japan and all of Asia. “Niseko is Asia’s ...

With the 2020 Summer Olympics on the horizon, prices are rising in Tokyo, Osaka and other major Japanese cities as fewer apartments go on the market. 13 Photos View Slide Show › By Marcelle Sussman ...

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Tokyo-based Schemata Architects have renovated a traditional Japanese residence into a modern dwelling with an office, while keeping many of the 80-year-old building’s original features intact.

Introduction -- Arata Isozaki. Kobo-an ; Uji-an ; Yoidorebune ; Sanchu-kyo ; Kenshu-an -- Tadao Ando. Tea House in Oyodo ; Tea House for Soseikan ; Paper Tea House ; Tea House in Sakura Garden -- ...