Tokyo-born Hiroshi Kikuchi had worked with well-known names like Kazuyo Sejima and Herzog & de Meuron before setting up his own practice in 2004.
Since then, he has been working on building his portfolio, focusing on residential design and winning several awards; one of them for one of his most recent works, Oizumi House in West Tokyo. Another new project involved the renovation of Tokyo’s Nanyodo bookshop in Chiyoda. The architect demolished parts of the façade, refitted the interior and moved the main entrance, to transform an old 1980s interior within an original Shin Toki-designed building into a contemporary retail interior.
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The visual feast of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024 is revealedThe Sony World Photography Awards 2024 winners have been revealed – we celebrate the Architecture & Design category’s visual artists
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Don’t Move, Improve 2024: London’s bold, bright and boutique home renovationsDon’t Move, Improve 2024 reveals its shortlist, with 16 home designs competing for the top spot, to be announced in May
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Perfumer H has bottled the scent of dandelions blowing in the windPerfumer H has debuted a new fragrance for spring, called Dandelion. Lyn Harris tells Wallpaper* about the process of its creation
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Modern Japanese houses inspiring minimalism and avant-garde livingWe tour the best Japanese architecture and modern Japanese houses designed by international and local architects that open up possibilities for all types of lifestyle, from minimalist to communal in Japanese architecture.
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An Aoyama House exemplifies a synergetic architect and client relationshipA client’s faith in his architect pays dividends in Aoyama House; a light-filled, effortlessly elegant Tokyo home
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Tokyo home Le49Ⅱ brings together drama, domestic luxury and hybrid working habits
Le49Ⅱ by Japanese architects Apollo is a Tokyo home for a young family with hybrid working habits
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Takeshi Ikeuchi’s kei truck is a minimalist Japanese mobile showroomTakeshi Ikeuchi's kei truck design is a Japanese timber specialist’s minimalist mobile showroom
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Nekoyacho Bldg is a Hiroshima office on a crossroads of 'food, work and entertainment'Nekoyacho Bldg has been designed by Suppose Design Office as a 21st century workspace in Hiroshima, Japan
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Heatherwick Studio’s Azabudai Hills district launches as Tokyo’s newest city-in-a-cityTokyo welcomes the Azabudai Hills district, designed by Heatherwick Studio and constructed as a city-in-a-city after over three decades of planning
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Toranomon Hills Station by OMA adds dynamism to the Tokyo skylineToranomon Hills Station is OMA's first tower in Tokyo - as well as a project expanding and evolving the high rise typology
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Terunobu Fujimori’s Kodomari Fuji guest house features a roof lined with cherry treesCherry trees line the roof at Kodomari Fuji, Terunobu Fujimori's first accommodation facility design, a private guest house in Japan
