“Setagaya-D” by Rico Turu

Who: rico turu architects studio   What: Single family residence (2 adults + 1 child)   Where: Setagaya, Tokyo   When: 2007 (completion)   How: Three-story steel frame construction Continue Reading…

調香師 カルロス・ベナイム

昨日はサンクスギビング(感謝祭)だった。昨年同様、セントラルパークウェストにあるカルロス・ベナイム宅での朝食会に息子達と一緒に招かれた Continue Reading…

To Live and Design in Tokyo (Jason’s case)

When I was living and working in Tokyo two decades ago, the city was already overflowing with new styles, trends and designs. There was a high demand for all types of designers, but I hardly heard of any ‘gaikokujin’ designers living in Tokyo Continue Reading…

Boko House, 2007

Atsushi and Mayumi Kawamoto of mA-style are a young husband and wife team of architects who have already established themselves as the go-to designers in Shizuoka for stylish and individual architectures Continue Reading…

K House, 2005

K House is one of the few houses designed by architect Mikiko Endo. The interior is accentuated with exposed concrete and plywood surfaces Continue Reading…

Long Tall House, 2006

Long Tall House in Tokyo is a five-story basement home with three stories showing on the southwest side Continue Reading…

Hakone Art Loop, Part 2

It makes you smile, no?
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Hakone Art Loop, Part 1

Here is another project by Mikiko Endo Continue Reading…

“Ko no mo to”

Like Whitney Houston sings in her 1986 song “Greatest Love of All,” I, too, want to believe the children are our future Continue Reading…

Laurent Bruyere どの 安らかに

GuerlainのMitsoukoに魅せられ調香師を志し、一流の調香師になった後も取り憑かれたように、世に知られることのない自分だけのMitsoukoを作り続けた。彼のメモリアルとして、Laurent Bruyere’s Mitsoukoを、IFFとともに発表することを考えている。