Makoto Tanijiri’s work is brimming with fresh ideas. At just 35 years old, he is one of Japan’s most promising visionary architects. This inspired home, built in the sprawling suburbs of Nagoya, shows why.

Milanese architect Claudio Dini was handed a brief to create a residence with a maritime feel, without going overboard on the nautical theme, so that the occupants could feel all at sea in their city dwelling.

Japanese architect Yasuhiro Yamashita talks us through his aluminium housing project, plus a new landmark in Ljubljana and the traditional Japanese *washi* paper finding new markets.

The Hyundai Card Design Library has opened in South Korea’s capital, its shelves stacked with thousands of diverse design titles in appropriately impressive surroundings.

A government building in Zaragoza, a Dieter Rams revival in London and a beautiful packaged computer from the US.

Latest news, projects and products, from a museum makeover in Seoul to beautifully designed cement packaging in Croatia.

Bridges, books, shops and other products and projects catching our eyes this month, plus our design editor's column.

A run-through of the best in the world of design and design editor Hugo Macdonald's column on Rome's hands off policy.

Housing needs a renaissance. Monocle meets the London firm reinventing the town house and talks to pioneering project leaders in Denmark and Japan.

Bosses are wising up to the benefits of creating a more humane workplace. Not only does this give staff a sense of pride and belonging but it also expresses a company’s ethos to clients. Welcome to the anti-office.