51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Tag - architecture

 
Menu
Search
 
July 24, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

ARCHITECTURE

Tea practitioner Fukutaro Nakayama moved through the space of KAIT Plaza preparing tea for each guest next to them.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jul 13, 2026
A sensory encounter at rare architectural gem KAIT Plaza
KAIT Plaza, usually a student hangout, became a one-day tea ceremony and sound experience.
Fireworks explode during the inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 11, 2026
With Pope Leo¡¯s blessing, Barcelona¡¯s Sagrada Familia reaches new heights
The pontiff said the fact the basilica is yet unfinished does not mar its beauty but rather serves to remind believers ¡°that ?the Christian life is always a journey.¡±
Monuments of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the U.S.S.R., are an awkward reminder of an era that no longer fits with the times in Central Asia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 5, 2026
Soviet architecture vanishes as Central Asia drifts away from Moscow
Over the past decade, the region has shown little interest in preserving its Soviet heritage.
WHAT Museum¡¯s group exhibition ¡°Corrugated/Coral ¡ª Eight Practices to Project Architecture Afar¡± shows installations such as ¡°Inter-Embodiment¡± by Altemy and artist Risa Kagami
CULTURE / Art
May 2, 2026
Conceptual art offers glimpse inside architects¡¯ minds
WHAT Museum¡¯s group exhibition ¡°Corrugated/Coral ¡ª Eight Practices to Project Architecture Afar¡± aims to visualize how humans influence architecture and vice versa.
Recognized as a tangible cultural property in 2003, the former residence of the Iizuka family is now a boutique hotel in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture.
LIFE / Travel
Apr 13, 2026
Inside Iizukatei, a 200-year-old home turned boutique hotel in Tochigi
The dwelling stands as the first tangible cultural property in eastern Japan to be transformed into a hotel.
An artist¡¯s rendering of the new wing of the National Gallery in London, designed by Kengo Kuma and others.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Apr 9, 2026
Kuma-led team to design new wing of London¡¯s National Gallery
The new building is scheduled to open in the early 2030s, according to British media, and is slated to showcase modern paintings made after 1900.
Outside, at the western entrance of Edo-Tokyo Museum, one of the spaces redesigned under architect Shohei Shigematsu, is an installation of torii gate-inspired structures.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 27, 2026
What¡¯s new (and what¡¯s not) at the reopened Edo-Tokyo Museum
After four years, the extensive history museum reopens with new large-scale models, digital screens and some finer tune-ups.
Fences protect an abandoned building known locally as one of the "Russian houses" in the eastern Berlin district of Karlshorst, Germany.
WORLD
Feb 10, 2026
Berlin¡¯s crumbling ¡®Russian houses¡¯ trapped in bureaucratic limbo
Known locally as the ¡°Russian houses,¡± they sheltered Soviet soldiers and their families in the eastern neighborhood of Karlshorst, the site of the Nazis¡¯ final capitulation.
A single-story house offered by Avantiya. As condominium prices in urban central areas continue to soar, interest is rising in single-story homes in the suburbs.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø
Jan 23, 2026
More child-rearing families in Japan choosing single-story homes
Single-story homes made up 17.9% of newly constructed houses in fiscal 2024, according to statistics from the land ministry, more than double the figure from 10 years earlier.
¡°Ground,¡± an underground installation added to Museum SAN in 2025, was codesigned by architect Tadao Ando and sculptor Antony Gormley.
CULTURE / Art
Jan 18, 2026
Tadao Ando¡¯s ongoing architecture dialogue with Museum SAN
Since Museum SAN opened in 2013, Tadao Ando has returned three times to design additional buildings and spaces.
Among the hand-drawn sketches in ¡°Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings & Architecture¡± is the initial idea for the Hill of the Buddha in Hokkaido painted over a photograph of the site.
CULTURE / Books
Dec 7, 2025
Tadao Ando¡¯s raw passion in 750 artworks
A new Taschen volume reveals the architect¡¯s creative process through decades of sketches, studies and travel drawings.
U.S. architect Frank Gehry poses in front of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum during its 25th anniversary celebrations in the Spanish Basque city of Bilbao in October 2022. Gehry died Dec. 5 at age 96 at his home in California.
LIFE / Style & Design
Dec 6, 2025
Frank O. Gehry, titan of architecture, is dead at 96
Visionary architect of Bilbao¡¯s Guggenheim and a host of landmark works, Gehry closes a career that reshaped cities with sculptural boldness.
A person takes a video of the ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Friday.
WORLD
Oct 25, 2025
Tourists gawk and recoil at Trump¡¯s destruction of the White House East Wing
The U.S. leader says they aren¡¯t missing much and no one should mourn its demise. ¡°It was a very small building,¡± Trump told reporters this week.
The demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Thursday
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
Trump completes demolition of White House East Wing
The wrecking work will make way for the U.S. president¡¯s $300 million ballroom.
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Society
Oct 10, 2025
¡®Save the Ring¡¯ calls intensify as Osaka Expo¡¯s end nears
The prefectural and city governments of Osaka have announced they will retain just a 200-meter portion of the world¡¯s largest wooden structure.
Yuanhui Li's illustration is one of the awardees in the student category of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators' annual award for artists.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 26, 2025
Architecture art exhibition highlights unsung industry artists
For only the second time in its 39-year history, the ¡°Architecture in Perspective¡± exhibition will take place in Japan¡¯s capital.
Hiroyuki Adachi, managing director of Shelter, a wooden architecture construction firm in Yamagata, speaks during a seminar in Sendai in July.
BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Sep 1, 2025
Wooden high-rise buildings increasing in Tohoku amid decarbonization trend
Major real estate developers and construction companies are focusing on wood, pushed by legislation and systems encouraging the use of domestically produced lumber.
Suyun Ham, an engineering professor at UTA, reviews data from a recent inspection with two other researchers. Ham likens his technology to a ¡°portable MRI,¡± which can detect cracks and other hidden dangers in a bridge.
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 26, 2025
Are bridges near you safe? This MRI-like scan may prevent disaster
An engineering professor from the University of Texas at Arlington is experimenting with a novel approach to inspecting bridges for heat damage.
With graffiti now covering the crumbling walls of the main thermal baths in one of Europe's oldest spa towns, a group of young architects hopes to restore the picturesque Romanian resort.
WORLD / Society
Aug 19, 2025
The volunteers battling to save Romania¡¯s famed thermal baths
The picturesque Baile Herculane spa town¡¯s baths have fallen into an advanced state of decay.
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara¡¯s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 16, 2025
Atsushi Kitagawara¡¯s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
Award-winning architect Kitagawara¡¯s work is displayed at the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum he designed, making it both a venue and a centerpiece of the exhibition.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
Intervention is the word after yen moves beyond ?163 and sits there
The government could prop up the yen at any moment, though its signaling is hard to read.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.
Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights
Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night¡¯s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.
Maya Ongaku¡¯s DIY dream is getting bigger
The members of Maya Ongaku ¡ª (from left) Tsutomu Sonoda, Shoei Ikeda and Ryota Takano ¡ª grew up on the Shonan Coast south of Tokyo and have been friends since their school days.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER