BREAD, ESPRESSO & "Arashiyama Garden"
Safe use of historic buildings. When the old Kobayashi family residence, a cultural property, is used as a store used by the unspecified majority, it was difficult to use it without damaging the current atmosphere (the original value as a building) under the Building Standards Law
Kissa Nanaha by KAMITOPEN Co., Ltd.
To begin with, Japanese people when welcoming and hosting their guests, skillfully incorporated a strong sense of the seasons into space.
TOKI to TOKI by supermaniac inc.
This traditional Japanese hotel “ryokan” is perfectly located in the central of Kinosaki onsen district near the station. Even though it is newly opened but TOKI to TOKI stands beautifully along the river as it had been there for a long time.
Nishinakasu TAKESHI DOROKAWA by TAKASU GAKU DESIGN AND ASSOCIATES INC.
This is the design of the Italian restaurant's second store so popular that one cannot even make a reservation. The restaurant name “Nishinakasu Takeshi Dorokawa” is, just as its name suggests, only made up of the newly selected land name and the chef’s real name.
BAKE CHEESE TART / CROQUANT CHOU ZAKUZAKU Sakura-machi-Kumamoto by TAKASU GAKU DESIGN AND ASSOCIATES INC.
This is the first combined store design of “BAKE CHEESE TART” and “CROQUANTCHOU ZAKUZAKU” developed by BAKE inc.
Intercontinental Yokohama Pier8 by NIKKEN SPACE DESIGN LTD
YOKOHAMA is known as an international port that has been in operation since the mid-nineteenth century. “The Yokohama Hammerhead” complex opened in October 2019, with a newly established cruise terminal acting as a new gateway into Japan.
Citadines Namba Osaka By TAKASHIMAYA SPACE CREATE CO., LTD.
The building was built in 1923 as a department store architecture incorporating Western architectural styles that were rare in Japan. At that time, Osaka was a very vibrant economic center called the “Greater Osaka era”.
SHIBUYA SKY by RHIZOMATIKS
“SHIBUYA SKY” is a 360-degree view observatory that takes place at a height of 229 meters in the center of Shibuya, Tokyo overlooking the chaotic Shibuya Scramble Crossing. It aims to be a place to stimulate the curiosity of visitors and nurture the imagination for the future.
Shenzhen Longhua Book City by ATELIER GLOBAL LIMITED
Shenzhen Longhua Book City is the sixth Book City Building in Shenzhen with a ~46,000m² building area. It is set to become a new local cultural hub which is more than a place of reading, but also a place for innovative design workshops, leisure, entertainment, child education, and commercial.
"Yan" by Tomoko Ikegai ikg inc.
2,475 sqm bookstore complex ‘Yan’ was conceptualized with the theme of ‘Life in the East’, located in a development area of Shenzhen Bay, where hotels, residences, sports facilities, and office buildings clustered.
NSK MUSEUM, Nakanishi Inc. by NOMURA Co., Ltd
An exhibition aiming for product performance visualization and internal communications integration. Nakanishi Inc., NSKis a leading manufacturer and distributor of dental equipment with a and headquartered in Kanuma City, Tochigi Pref., Japan.
No. 9 Rhapsody by 9 Studio Design Group
The nature of design is to make something out of nothing. The studio space of a designer is the source to thoughts and concepts and a site of imagination
YJY MAIKE CENTRE FLAGSHIP STORE by Tomoko Ikegai ikg inc.
The city of Xi’an was once known as Chang’an the seat of several important dynasties in ancient China; today, it is home to the Xi’an Hi-tech Industries Development Zone, a leading center of technological development.
YJY Zhengzhou Flagship Book Store, China by S.D.S. International Co., Ltd. + YUHI STUDIO
“VILLAGE BOOK STORE” offering a new lifestyle for people. One of the origins of the book is to convey information to people through words. Chinese kanji have been created based on the footprints of birds walking on sandy beaches in the era of the Yellow Emperor. The letters have then been used in various ways.
CODO by Loftwork /Shuhei Goto Architects
This office was designed as a prototype for offices in a new era of innovation based on the idea that today's office space needs some room for flexible renewal and updates initiated by employees themselves.
Ripi by FATHOM
The request from the client is to create a transparent space. Inside the store, the kitchen and sales floor were separated by steel and glass and could be opened completely. Although it was possible to express the transparency visually, I thought that equalizing the balance between the kitchen and the counter would create continuity between the two spaces and lead to new sensory transparency.
Taipei EROS Hair Salon by Materiality Design
As a leading brand among the hair salons, we treat the physical space of the shop as the embodied identity at the fringe of the downtown Taipei.
beautiful people by Daisuke Yamamoto / de:sign
“Beautiful People”, a Japanese fashion atelier based in Tokyo. Since their debut at Paris fashion week, they have broadened their activities and this is their second freestanding store in Tokyo, Shibuya Parco, an iconic shopping destination leading the Japanese youth culture opened in Nov 2019.
HIYORIYAMA COAST MUSEUM by NOMURA Co., Ltd
In 2019, Hiyoriyama Coast Museum opened in the GeoPark located in Hyogo Pref., north-west of Honshu Island, Japan, adjacent to the Kinosaki Marine World - a marine research aquarium facility with 300 species in 7,000 varieties being nurtured, bred and protected.