Japan

One continuous space with no partitions between rooms covered into 13 gigantic white louvers Architects: Fujiwaramuro Architects Location: Muko, Kyoto, Japan Year: 2012 Area: 1.076 ft²/ 100 m² Photo courtesy: Toshiyuki Yano Description: "The house is located in a neighborhood some distance to the south-west of an area...

House in Japan covered with material that can withstand harsh climatic conditions Architects: Yuichi Yoshida & Associates Location: Ishikawa, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 2.045 ft²/ 190 m² Photo courtesy: Kenta Hasegawa Description: "It is a rebuilding of a house built in the suburbs of a local city. Each layer...

IT IS A GARDEN project designed to provide inspiration more than anything else Architects: ASSISTANT Location: Nagano, Japan Year: 2016 Photo courtesy: ASSISTANT Description: "IT IS A GARDEN stands in the forest of Karuizawa, surrounding and surrounded by the trees and plants of the forest. The house was...

Rearrangement of an originally two storey house to create a comfortable living for a family of four Architects: Keiji Ashizawa Design Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2010 Photo courtesy: Takumi Ota Description: "Skycourt is the result of an extensive renovation to a “bubble era” semi-detached house located just a...

Focus on functionality and design even if it may be small, while maximizing the environment of the site Architects: FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2017 Area: 1.044 ft²/ 97 m² Photo courtesy: Yoshihiro Asada Description: "The house was designed for a couple and children on...

Concrete apartment designed by Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects in Tokyo Architects: Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects Location: Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 667 ft²/ 62 m² Photo courtesy: Kaku Ohtaki   Thank you for...

Teto Architects designed a house with a large landscape window open on beautiful rice field in Itoshima Architects: Teto Architects Location: Itoshima, Japan Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Teto Architects Description: "The house has a large-landscape window (="nagamado") open on beautiful ricefield in Itoshima. They can enjoy countryside scenery...

Inside an inspiring family home where plants haven't been forgotten by Mokkotsu Architects: Mokkotsu Location: Japan Photography: ©Mokkotsu Thank you for reading this article!

Concrete half rounded, half square home by Kugatsuno Kaze Design Office Architects: Kugatsuno Kaze Design Office Location: Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 1.442 ft²/ 134 m² Photography: ©MItsuo Matsuoka, Toshiyuki Nakao Description: "I want to create elegant curves using rough texture. Curves are inspired from a...

Unique home with beautiful wooden walls on its exterior in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Architects: Fujiwaramuro Architects Location: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Area: 818 ft²/ 76 m² Photography: ©Fujiwaramuro Description: "It is a house of a flat shop built in a residential area on the outskirts of Hiroshima city....