On a recent trip to Kyoto, I was marveling at the timber work, checking my phone’s weather app every day, trying to figure out the humidity levels as I’d always wondered how the Japanese managed the ...

Whether you are a world traveler or just a fan of watching travel content, you probably already know how amazing interior design is all across the globe. From materials and colors to furniture items ...

Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in bioarchitecture because the carbonized layer protects the wood from water, fire, insects ...

Shou sugi ban is a traditional Japanese technique of burning wood planks — usually cedar or larch — to preserve the wood and protect it against UV rays, moisture, insects and other sources of damage.

The crackled texture of Kengo Kuma & Associates’ new lighting collection for Lasvit was created by blowing molten glass into dry wooden moulds. The Japanese architecture firm, led by Kengo Kuma, ...

Photographer Edmund Sumner has photographed Yakisugi House (Charcoal House), designed by Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori. Completed in 2007, the residence is located in Nagano, Japan. It ...

A dark Yakisugi wood building exterior with flowers in front of it - Tomas Ragina/Shutterstock Whether you are a world traveler or just a fan of watching travel content, you probably already know how ...