JAPAN'S BEST-DESIGNED RESEARCH LABS13 labs
Research labs of famous Japanese brands
13 research labs in Japan run by makers of familiar Japanese products. Areas include Yokohama, Seika, Hachioji, Sengawa, Kunitachi, Nanko. Each page has interior photos, the architects, whether you can visit, and the careers page.
Open areas of wooden terraces that shift and overlap
A research centre shaped like noodles and the blade that cuts them, with cup-shaped displays
A “mille-feuille” that alternates research floors and office floors
A research building surrounded by woods and water, with labs right next to offices
An urban research base with a lounge of tents and lawn
A sports research base with a running track and a gym inside
A Kyoto lab whose desks are whole logs from Hida
One of Japan's largest anechoic rooms, and development floors joined by a central stair
A research base with a misty green wall and a four-storey atrium
A sweets company's lab with a big wooden staircase and colourful walls
A workspace of Tochigi timber and Oya stone under a big roof
150-metre offices joined by a 6-metre-wide “band core”
A sports research building with an all-weather running track inside
