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i-Ap Apartment / Soeda and associates Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The road that borders the south side of the site is a culvert that was once the old Kanda River, which meandered through this area. This natural river was modernized for flood control and was slightly rerouted to become a straight, artificial river running north to south. Meanwhile, the original river was landfilled and turned into a narrow street, and the surrounding area was developed into residential land. With its series of fragmented alleyways without clear visibility, the streetscape gives a physical sensation of familiarity, which sets it apart from modernized city blocks.

Tokyo Clubhouse / Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 02:00:00 +0000

A Residence Inspired by a Members-Only Clubhouse – This project involves renovating a residential apartment near Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in central Tokyo. The concept was to create "a home reminiscent of a members-only clubhouse." The floor plan was envisioned as a large, single-room space, with the only spatial divisions defined by the contours of the ceiling. The design takes inspiration from the owner's lifestyle, where friends and acquaintances often gather at the home, regardless of whether the owner is present. This unique approach creates a semi-private, semi-public space, closely mirroring the essence of a members-only clubhouse. The result is a distinct residential form that reinterprets urban living for single men in central Tokyo. For the two cats who share this home with the owner, the open-plan, wall-free space offers a visually expansive, liberating, and richly stimulating living environment.

Sompo Museum of Art / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Hana Abdel — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:00:00 +0000

This project involved relocating the Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art (formerly the Seiji Togo Museum), which opened in 1976 on the 42nd floor of the Sompo Japan Head Office Building (the former Yasuda Kasai Kaijo Building) designed by Shozo Uchida, to the new Sompo Museum of Art built within the premises at the foot of the head office building.

Nobori Residential Building / Florian Busch Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

At the top of the slope leading towards Tokyo’s Nukebenten, the unpretentious appearance of Itsukushima shrine suggests little of its history. In 1086, traversing the Kanto plains on the way to Mutsu, Minamoto no Yoshiie chose this location as a temporary camp for his army. The highest in the area, it was easy to spot any approaching danger — and had great views of Mt. Fuji. A year later, returning victoriously, Yoshiie laid the foundation for the shrine which still exists today. The actual site for this project is a 48 m² small trapezoid next to the shrine.

Lighthouse Residential Building / YSLA Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Lighthouse Tokyo is a nine-story building that was designed as a hotel in the neighborhood of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and has been delivered as a residential building due to the impact of COVID-19 on the Tokyo tourism business.

ASKWATCH Store / Kenta Nagai Studio

Hana Abdel — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 19:00:00 +0000

Interior design for a specialty store that collects rare and luxury watches from around the world.The site is an old tenant building in Shinjuku, Tokyo, where various stores are crowded, and consists of 2 floors: 1st floor: sales floor, 2nd floor: purchase counter. In a compact store with a narrow frontage and an entrance deep from the street, a place suitable for encountering rare products was required. A space finished by black steel with no function was set up at the entrance of the store. This is intended to raise expectations for the interior space and inspired by the approach can be found in Japanese traditional shrine.

Shinjuku Sumitomo Building / Nikken Sekkei + TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Hana Abdel — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:00:00 +0000

The Shinjuku Sumitomo Building was built in 1974 in Tokyo’s Nishi Shinjuku district. The site’s expansive “Sankaku Hiroba” (triangular plaza) atrium roof, along with associated renovations, offers a sustainable model for addressing an emerging problem for Japan’s cities: how to carry out renovation projects on large-scale buildings using good maintenance practices. The project also represents a greater societal effort to enliven the urban business district and enhance its value as an accessible gathering place.

Japan National Stadium / Kengo Kuma & Associates + Taisei Corporation + AZUSA SEKKEI

Hana Abdel — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:00:00 +0000

Stadium with Japanese-ness, blending in with the surrounding Meiji Shrine forest - The exterior of the new National Stadium integrates Japanese-ness with multilayered “eaves.” Eaves are a component of traditional Japanese architecture, an established structure rooted in the Japanese climate. They contribute to creating environmentally friendly architecture by blocking sunlight and bringing a pleasant breeze to the stands.

House in UMEJIMA / I.R.A.

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:00:00 +0000

The site is long and narrow corner lot sandwiched between a relatively heavy traffic and a small management passage separated by pedestrians. We propose an architecture that opens to the town through this passage, which is overgrown with greenery and is used as a sidewalk for residents.

Modelia Brut Kagurazaka Building / Ryuichi Sasaki / Sasaki Architecture + Rieko Okumura / YTRO DESIGN INSTITUTE

Daniel Tapia — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:00:00 +0000

This building is located in a residential area in the heart of Tokyo amid a mixture of old temples and modern houses. Kagurazaka slope, the area’s main market street, is known for its centuries-long cultural history. Roji, narrow alleys with a lot of hidden charm, branch from the main street. We attempted to determine what design of collective housing would fit into the area’s rich context. The gently stepped approach to the building is full of nuances that remind us of how the symbolic slope looked in the old days.