Yoshihiro Makino

2 weeks ago | ad-italia.it | Hannah Martin |Yoshihiro Makino

Una casa a Kyoto intreccia memoria, design e vita quotidiana. Con il taxi si arriva fino a un certo punto, poi per raggiungere questa machiya tradizionale, nascosta alla fine di un incrocio a T in una strada pedonale nel quartiere Nishijin di Kyoto, si prosegue a piedi. E a mano a mano che ci si avvicina, in una fredda sera di gennaio, la casa sprigiona tutta la sua magia prima ancora di entrare. Irradia un caldo bagliore, e la facciata in legno offre uno scorcio fugace dei residenti.

1 month ago | ad-italia.it | Mayer Rus |Yoshihiro Makino

Tadao Ando, nella nostra lista degli AD100, ha progettato la villa di Lorenzo Hadar, fondendo insieme influenze giapponesi e californiane. Lorenzo Hadar parla dell’ispirazione e dell’influenza che il Giappone ha su di lui con una riverenza quasi religiosa. Il maestro di stile di Los Angeles ha iniziato ad andare regolarmente nell’arcipelago asiatico più di vent’anni fa, alla ricerca di talenti del design giapponese per rifornire le boutique avant-garde H.

2 months ago | architecturaldigest.com | Hannah Martin |Yoshihiro Makino

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. A taxi can only get you so close to this traditional machiya, tucked at the end of a T-intersection on a pedestrian-only street in Kyoto’s Nishijin neighborhood. But approaching the residence on foot, on a cold evening in early January, the place works its magic before you’re even in the door.

2 months ago | asahi.com | Yoshihiro Makino

Hiroshi Hikawa is affectionately known as “Father” by more than 3,000 needy Vietnamese students who have come to Japan to study Japanese and pursue higher education through a newspaper scholarship program. Hikawa, 77, understands the challenges these students face. After graduating from evening high school in Hokkaido, he moved to Tokyo and supported himself by delivering newspapers through a similar scholarship program while attending university.

Feb 27, 2025 | architecturaldigest.com | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar |Yoshihiro Makino

All products featured on Architectural Digest are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. At heart, Daisy Johnson will always be a New Yorker. But being born and raised in the city, while creatively invigorating, also meant she was forced to live life in the fast lane.