Cross-laminated timber fins wrap Kengo Kuma’s CLT Park Harumi pavilion in Tokyo
Kengo Kuma’s CLT Park Harumi recreational venue is dressed with a skin of wooden leaves filtering light like trees in a forest.
The best of Tokyo Olympics’ architecture, empty but great!
Kengo Kuma, Kenzo Tange and Fumihiko Maki but also Tange Associates, Kume Sekkei and more… Tokyo Olympics’ architecture is cross-generational and great, even if we can’t be there!
The best design and architecture of 2020 Tokyo Olympics is on Pinterest!
We have created a Pinterest board rounding up what we liked the most at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Check it out!
LET’S GO, BBC Tokyo Olympics Trail magically reimagines the vibrant host city
LET’S GO, BBC Tokyo Olympics trail by Nexus Studios and Factory Fifteen pays homage to the Japanese capital blending pop culture with sport.
Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Japanese PM and International Olympic Committee announced that Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been postponed “no later than summer 2021” due to coronavirus.
Tokyo Olympics’ design: up-cycled medals and retro-style pictograms
Tokyo Olympics’ design: medals made from discarded smartphones, torches upcycling temporary constructions in the wake of the Fukushima calamity and pictograms inspired by the icons firstly introduced for Tokyo 1964 Games.
Cherry blossoms inspired Tokujin Yoshioka to design the Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ torch as a symbol of peace
Japanese Designer Tokujin Yoshioka unveils new images of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch which is made from recycled aluminium originally used in the construction of prefabricated housing units in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster.
Lost in architecture? Archipanic explores Tokyo contemporary urbanscape
Welcome to Tokyo! From the mother of all capsule hotels in Ginza to the Manga district, from Omotesandō flamboyant retail to Blade Runner panoramas and the famous Shibuya Crossing. Our guide features masterpieces by Le Corbusier, Kenzo Tange, Kengo Kuma, Herzog de Meuron and more, but also vertigo views, design museums and rollercoasters piercing skyscrapers.