TAKAMATSU CITY, Japan >> Zipping along a two-way thoroughfare here, I gazed out at the parade of small apartment buildings, ...

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

Why the country is quick to tear down its modern architectural masterpieces. By Naomi Pollock Reporting from Takamatsu, Japan This article is part of our Design special section about buildings, ...

Elizabeth Palmer is CBS News' senior foreign correspondent. She is based in the CBS News London Bureau, and reports on major events across Europe and the Middle East. Palmer was previously based in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tokyo’s skyline has been increasingly crowded by construction cranes since Japan’s winning bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. For some, they represent progress and economic promise; for others, ...

"Although it has long been accepted that America's most famous modern architect was influenced by traditional Japanese culture, the nature of Frank Lloyd Wright's creative debt to Japan has remained ...

The farewell salute went on for months: Locals and visitors aiming their cameras across a busy freeway for a last shot of Tokyo's Nakagin Tower. "My hotel just happens to be around the corner, so I ...