Japan is a global leader in earthquake-resistant architecture, where skyscrapers don’t just reach for the sky—they are engineered to withstand powerful tremors. In this video, explore the incredible ...

When was the last time you sat in a garden and simply let your gaze wander? Observation gardens are built especially for this purpose, but can also fulfill other functions, such as providing aid for ...

Zoé Blue M. on her paintings of women at bathhouses and how caring for her body has become a part of her practice as an ...

Lincoln Logs have been a childhood favorite for over 100 years, but the inspiration behind their design goes further than ...

The smooth, matte finishes of well crafted wooden furniture found under the Coreo Hida-Takayama brand are already well known in Japan. The brand has opened its first showroom in Malaysia in The ...

When commercial engineer George Rauch decided to build his 1926 Portland trophy house, he hired people he knew: architects who designed the downtown Heathman Hotel, and engineers and contractors ...

His combination of traditional Japanese architecture with a vocabulary of ... have a respect for local sites and contexts Ando’s famous buildings – such as the Church of the Light, Koshino ...

The book from Frame Publishers presents all these and more, in a series of case studies that showcases the practice's elegant balance of innovation and simplicity, tapping into Japan's traditions ...

Cherry trees in Semboku’s Kakunodate district, one of the most famous cherry blossom viewing spots in the Tohoku region, were in full bloom on Wednesday, according to the Semboku city government.

A gridded wooden structure formed using traditional joinery makes up The Grand Ring, which Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has used to encircle the Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan. At 61,035 ...

“Ten years ago, I just saw kumiko while looking at Japanese architecture and was just drawn to it.” He learned more about it from practitioners he found online, particularly one in ...