We are Tokyo-based interior designning office started in 2000 by Architect Norito Takahashi and Interior Designer Chinatsu Kambayashi. The office is considered unique in its field for being able to create design concepts that combine the ideas of both Architect and Interior Designer from the very beginning of project.
Discover the best of Japanese architecture and curated works from across the globe. ja+u is the fusion of JA (Japan Architect) and a+u (Architecture+Urbanism).
Emmanuelle Moureaux, Tokyo-based French architect and artist. エマニュエル・ムホー アーキテクチャー + デザイン。東京神田をベースに活動するフランス人建築家・アーティスト。She has created the concept of shikiri, which literally means "dividing (creating) space with colors". Her installation series - 100 colors - express emotions from the experience of colors and layers of Tokyo. 色切/shikiri を編み出す。その「色で空間を仕切る」というコンセプトから、色を平面的ではなく三次元空間を形作る道具として扱う。100 色で構成した空間 100 colors を展開している。