Japan's Prime Minister Calls for Complete Phase Out of Nuclear Power
Four months after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan triggering the worst nuclear energy crisis since Chernobyl,...
Mesh-Wrapped Owari Orthodontics Office is Made Partially from Recycled Paper
[gallery_extend] Inside, the designers separated the core volume from the rest of the building, again...
Shell House: Awesome Seaside Home in Japan is Modeled After Mollusks
[gallery_extend] The flooring in the home is made from rosewood, which is sustainable if sourced from...
POOP BURGER: Japanese Researcher Creates Artificial Meat From Human Feces
UPDATE: It turns out that this story is likely a hoax. But it says something that so many of us bought the...
The "Airy House" Creates a Gorgeous Gleaming Structure for a Cafe and Residence
[gallery_extend] Meeting at a perpendicular angle, the two parts of Airy House are a private residence...
PHOTOS: Japan's ACROS Building is a Mountainous Green-Roofed Pyramid Planted With Trees
[gallery_extend] Things have changed since we last wrote about ACROS. When the building, which was designed...
Shigeru Ban's Temporary Concert Hall Made of Paper Opens in L'Aqila, Italy
[gallery_extend] The concert hall, built from steel, glass, cardboard, concrete and clay sacks, seats...
Cylindrical Green Roofed Japanese Tsunami Control Center Lets Waves Pass Right Underneath
[gallery_extend] Looptecture F was built to monitor and aid in the event of a tsunami as well as to...
Minimalist Japanese Hair Salon Looks Like A Slice of Vanilla Bean Pie
[gallery_extend] Here at Inhabitat, we know that cool things often come in small packages; the Nagoya...
Japanese Artist Cuts Hundreds of Butterflies Out of Books and Sets them Aflutter on Room Walls
[gallery_extend] We've been privvy to some pretty amazing art on Inhabitat, including this toothpick...
Japan's Green-Roofed Villa Ronde is a Self-Cooling Seaside Oasis
[gallery_extend] The circular shape of the Villa helps protect it by deflect the strong typhoon winds...
Google Aids in Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami by Designing Person Finder Tool
We're pretty impressed with Googlethis morning. In the wake of the horrendous earthquake and ensuing tsunami that...
Shuhei Endo's Out of This World "Bubbletecture H" Building
When Japanese architect Endo Shuhei adds another delectable design to his repertoire, you can expect a project...
Japanese Space Agency to Use Fishing Nets to Scoop Up Space Junk
In a fascinating use of time-tested technology to address uniquely modern problems, Japanese space agency JAXA...
Living Green Curtain Made of Morning Glories
If you're in the market for green curtains you could certainly buy some made of organic cotton, but we recently...
