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From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! In Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park, next to the Horticultural Center, on the land ...
Tokyo-based Schemata Architects have renovated a traditional Japanese residence into a modern dwelling with an office, while keeping many of the 80-year-old building’s original features intact.
It’s hard to say what’s cooler about the Japanese shōya house at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens — the centuries-old wood structure that was once the center of a ...
The 1-acre meditation garden at Osmosis may seem like an afterthought for Stusser, whose spa is toasting its 20th anniversary as the nation's sole purveyor of the Japanese enzyme bath but whose ...
Take Your Shoes Off. Minka, or traditional Japanese houses, are characterized by tatami mat flooring, sliding doors, and wooden engawa verandas. Another aspect that persists even in Western-style ...
The late fashion designer Kenzō Takada built the Kenzo House in 1993. Featuring a serene Japanese garden, the Paris home has now come on the market.
Renowned Japanese garden landscape designer Shiro Nakane will feature a traditional Japanese tea house, waterfall, lake, stream and bonsai garden in the project.
For more than 30 years, the Shofuso house has celebrated the historical Japanese festival of Tanabata, attracting residents to learn and commemorate the holiday.
C4L is a modern Japanese house with a traditional twist. The residence, situated in the heart of Tokyo, draws on traditional Japanese architecture as well as notions of home, designed by Hitoshi ...
The setting of the cafe in a traditional Japanese house rich in history The cafe is located in an old renovated Japanese-style house built during the Taisho period (1912 to 1926) that can be found in ...