I got my first impression of Japanese culture through real-time strategy games, where choosing to play with the civilization meant getting disciplined units and sleek pagodas, and I've been a fan of ...

Kengo Kuma, the world-renowned Japanese architect, is famous for his designs that seamlessly blend tradition and modernity. His works, found throughout the world, embody a unique architectural ...

The pedestrian bridge Reimei Kobashi was named Winner in the Architectural Design – Infrastructure category at the 2025 ...

He was a surprise choice for the ambitious project, but his design won praise as “drop-dead elegant.” By Fred A. Bernstein Yoshio Taniguchi, a Japanese architect who gained international fame in 1997 ...

Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...

Japan has one of the world’s most admired architectural traditions, one that has influenced Western artists and architects from the mid-19th century to the present. But at home Japanese architects ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover creative people, places and projects around the world. Sou Fujimoto was the youngest architect asked to design the ...

“These are sketchbooks from the very beginning of my architecture-school days,” says Sou Fujimoto. “Each is numbered: year, date, book number.” The Japanese architect picks up a yellow one and starts ...

Even buildings as remarkable as Mr. Kikutake’s Miyakonojo Civic Center, with its segmented roof arched like a baby stroller, fell prey. Similarly, Japan’s shrinking population has stimulated the ...

Following its very own principles, Japanese architecture is a true exhibition in balance: balance between history and modernity, between tradition and innovation. It is everything from centuries-old ...