Tile-clad Japanese buildings inform self-designed office in Valencia
Architect Paloma Bau and creative director Ausiàs Pérez have collaborated on designing their shared office in Valencia, Spain,…
Five carefully renovated machiya houses in Kyoto
Kyoto‘s historic townhouses, machiyas, are increasing being renovated and turned into everything from hotels to perfume stores. Here,…
Japanese and modernist design informs Studio Hagen Hall house
Studio Hagen Hall has modernised a Georgian terraced house in north London, using a pared-back material palette including…
Keiji Ashizawa transforms 120-year-old townhouse into rental home
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has created the Toune holiday home in a 120-year-old machiya, preserving its original…
Traditional townhouses inform interiors of Capella Kyoto hotel
The unique “rhythm and progression” of Japanese machiya townhouses helped Brewin Design Office devise the interiors of this…
Astet Studio references Tokyo izakayas at Mitsu restaurant
Contemporary Shoji screens and hanging fabrics have been used to evoke Tokyo izakayas at the Mitsu Japanese restaurant in London.…