Ultra-modern Japanese office design by nendo

by Mallory Budy | February 4th, 2016

Japanese design and architecture, rooted for centuries in clean forms and close proximity to nature, possess a lasting quality that is difficult to match. What tends to send a design over the cliff into minimalist bliss is a pairing of traditional Japanese practices with clean, modernist aesthetics. Designers seeking ultra-modern forms in the workplace could benefit from studying a recent project in Tokyo by Japanese design firm nendo. nendo’s design of a client’s offices in the Sogetsu Kaikan building in Minato ward, Tokyo, blends the best of traditional Japanese and modern minimalist design and architecture principles to create a stunning interior office that thoughtfully echoes its building’s existing architecture in perfect harmony. The Sogetsu Kaikan building was designed in 1977 by one of the pioneers of modern Japanese architecture, Kenzō Tange – winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture – who held his own offices there on the 10th …