Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Architect Sou Fujimoto inside the Grand Ring, a huge timber-framed structure encircling much of the Expo 2025 site. - Yumi ...

For the Japanese architect, building means creating a harmonious ecosystem in which the artificial and the natural intertwine ...

Architect Kazunori Sakai felt confident he could build a self-sustaining residence that merged traditional forms and passive design strategies.

Japan has one of the world’s most admired architectural traditions, one that has influenced Western artists and architects from the mid-19th century to the present. But at home Japanese architects ...

Japan Society will present “Exceptional Japanese Houses: Residential Design from 1945 to the Present” – a book talk with Naomi Pollock on December 5 at 6:30pm at Japan Society (333 E. 47th Street ...

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, whose projects explore connections between natural and man-made systems, said the world should limit new construction to reduce the climate impact of the built ...

Riken Yamamoto has been announced as 2024 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. In its citation, the jury praised the 78-year-old Japanese architect, educator, and social advocate for producing ...

Arata Isozaki, a Pritzker-winning Japanese architect known as a post-modern giant who blended culture and history of the East and the West in his designs, has died of old age. He was 91. Isozaki died ...

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 ...

I got my first impression of Japanese culture through real-time strategy games, where choosing to play with the civilization meant getting disciplined units and sleek pagodas, and I've been a fan of ...

Ever since the Great Exhibition opened its doors in London 174 years ago, the World’s Fair has offered nations a chance to show off the greatest inventions of the age. But Expos of recent decades have ...