Aquiet collection of aging factories and outdated manufacturing plants, the Keihin industrial district of Tokyo seems light-years away from the city’s eye-popping, neon-clad commercial centers.

To the casual observer, Japan may seem slow in catching on to the current ecofriendly trend that has taken the architectural world by storm.

Singapore may be a tiny city-state, but its rich culture incorporates multiple ethnic groups, and its complex history stretches over several centuries.

Project Specs National Museum of Singapore Collection Singapore Lightemotion and GSM Design Expositions Associates.

With its iconic arches, Toyo Ito’s new library at Tama Art University has the aura of a Romanesque building.

Though embedded in a mammoth, mixed-use development, the comparatively modest 50,590-square-foot Suntory Museum of Art confidently stands its ground.

For years, the Japanese have been infatuated with Manhattan real estate. Timeless and elegant, New York landmarks fronting gracious avenues are everything that the vast majority of Tokyo buildings are not.