Japan
“I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings,” says Toyo Ito
Plain white boxes contain rooms inside Hiroyuki Tanaka’s House in Yutenji
Floating fence surrounds house and doll-making atelier by UID Architects
Wooden ribs frame entrance to timber-clad gallery by UID Architects
Wooden posts and beams frame displays at Tokyo shop by Fumihiko Sano
Kotaro Horiuchi creates human Whac-A-Mole with membrane installation
Soichi Yamasaki’s Japanese nursery features house-shaped windows and faceted ceilings
Case-Real combines a patisserie with a wine bar in Fukuoka
Style Bakery by SNARK features tiled walls and oak shelving
PANDA’s House in Jingumae slots in between four existing homes
Sabaoarch build three-metre-wide concrete house in Tokyo
Hanging sticks create illusions of chairs at Issey Miyake boutique in Tokyo
House of Nagahama by Takashi Okuno frames five courtyard gardens
Japan’s biennale pavilion challenges architects to “face the real world”
Rectangular arches frame rooms and gardens at Cosmic House by UID Architects
Kawashima Mayumi’s House for Viewing Mountains frames seven different views
Three overlapping blocks make up Keitaro Muto’s Sunomata house
Wooden slats create a sculptural ceiling inside Katsutoshi Sasaki’s Koro House
KHT House by International Royal Architecture is made up of two halves
Kengo Kuma suspends wooden barrels over Japanese soy-sauce shop
Playpen for dogs installed within Soichi Yamasaki’s S Residence
Folded facade gives a paper-like weight to Yukio Hashimoto’s F-House
Torafu Architects uses Japanese cedar columns for fifth Aesop shop interior
