TAKAGI PLANNING OFFICE: Tokyo’s most aesthetic realtor
Based in Shinjuku, Takagi Planning Office (TPO) turns the traditional, bureaucratic Japanese real estate industry on its head by focusing purely on careful curation and design of beautiful spaces
REVERSIBLE DESTINY LOFTS
Architects Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins have completely rejected the seemingly fundamental tenet of traditional livability in their REVERSIBLE DESTINY LOFTS
NAKAGIN CAPSULE: an endangered species
With demolition looking increasingly likely, we take a look at Kurokawa Kisho’s paragon of Metabolist design
ELEMENTAL CHURCHES: Tadao Ando’s holy trinity
Wind, water & light - the three churches that contributed to the rise of architectural luminary Tadao Ando
OKUTAMA: An interface between nature & architecture
Look no further than a non-descript fire station in Okutama to see the symbiosis between nature & architecture that runs to the core of Japanese design