Architecture
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‘As thrilling as driving a sports car’: the Tokyo capsule tower that gave pod-living penthouse chic
They had portholes, cutting edge mod cons – and the ultra luxurious models even came with a free calculator. A…
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‘Like a game of black-belt level Jenga’: inside the ancient art of Japanese carpentry
From the earthquake-defying joints that support a 13th-century temple to the delicacy of sashimono puzzle boxe…
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A Tokyo developer will demolish a building for spoiling the view. Why doesn’t Britain care about beauty? | Simon Jenkins
Politicians and planners are allowing the Thames to become an urban canyon – greed always seems to win out A J…
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‘I am not very good at design’: architecture’s top honour goes to Riken Yamamoto
The Pritzker prize has been won by the 78-year-old Japaneses master whose whose work ranges from an open-acces…
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Lovingly reconstructed miniatures of Tokyo houses – in pictures
The Swedish artist Christopher Robin Nordström had wanted to visit Tokyo since he was a child and, when he fin…
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Lovingly reconstructed miniatures of Tokyo houses – in pictures
The Swedish artist Christopher Robin Nordström had wanted to visit Tokyo since he was a child and, when he fin…
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You could cook while on the toilet: a night in one of Tokyo’s micro-apartments
The tiny homes, which measure just nine square metres – or three tatami mats – are the architectural answer to…
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Legacy of Japan’s Nagakin Capsule Tower lives on in restored pods
One of Tokyo’s most famous buildings was dismantled in April due to asbestos fears. Now 23 of the capsules hav…
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Arata Isozaki obituary
Versatile architect who first came to prominence in the 1960s with visionary schemes for the postwar rebuildin…
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Japanese architect and ‘postmodern giant’ Arata Isozaki dies aged 91
Pritzker prize winner who combined Asian and western influences said postwar ruins of Japan stayed with him in…
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Christopher Alexander obituary
Architect and theorist who believed in creating human-centred buildings, drawing on new technology and ancient…
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Decaying but beloved, Tokyo’s Capsule Tower faces uncertain future
When it was built in 1972, it was the capital’s only example of the metabolism architectural movement – but ti…
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Tokyo’s Olympic architecture: look, no Bird’s Nest…
Eye-catching new buildings will be in short supply when the Tokyo Olympics open next week. Instead, most venue…