Japan

House in Kimitsu is located in the countryside of the city of Okayama, where fields and rice paddies spread out Architects: Kawakami Architects Location: Okayama Prefecture, Japan Year: 2014 Area: 1.453 ft²/ 135 m² Photo courtesy: Yoko Inoue Description: "This "House in Kimitsu" is located in the countryside of...

House in Midorigaoka: a triple tiered, nine-by-twenty two meters plot of land with a tuck under garage Architects: Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates Location: Midorigaoka, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Tomohiro Sakashita Description: “This is the residence for family of three, built in a quiet...

Otsu House by ALTS Design Office is a comfy house, a welcoming atmosphere with lots of light Architects: ALTS Design Office Location: Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 1.141 ft²/ 106 m² Photo courtesy: Yuta Yamada Description: "This house was built in the newly-developed subdivision surrounding new housing....

Renovation of the 39 year old structure into contemporary building with a facade of white fins to conceal two stores Architects: Jun Murata Location: Osaka Prefecture, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 3.500 ft²/ 325 m² Photo courtesy: Jun Murata Description: "With a facade of white fins to conceal two stores...

Wooden Fence House for four in a mini-development site by Hitotomori/Tomoko Architects: Hitotomori/Tomoko Location: Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 861 ft²/ 80 m² Photo courtesy: Youhei Sasakura Description: "A house for four people that was built on a mini-development site. To ensure privacy, a fence runs along...

Narrow Apartment located in the middle of a gentle plateau in Tokyo by HMAA Architects: HMAA Location: Minamiazabu, Minato, Tokyo, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 3.444 ft²/ 320 m² Photo courtesy: HMAA Description: "The site, an elongated square to the east and west, the frontage 7m, depth 20m, is located...

The Corner Contemporary House in Kitashirakawa by UME Architects Architects: UME Architects Location: Kyoto, Japan Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Yasushi Ichikawa Description: “The site is located in Kitashirakawa, Kyoto adjacent to a stream, the Higashiyama mountains with its ‘Daimonji’ of ‘Gozan-no-Okuribi’ (a summer event in Kyoto) and has...

APOLLO Architects design the Nest, a small steel frame structure of three level house Architects: APOLLO Architects Location: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 463 ft²/ 43 m² Photo courtesy: Masao Nishikawa Description: "This small house located within a commercial area near Nagoya station is built on a...

Wooden House in Shinkawa, Sapporo by Yoshichika Takagi Architects: Yoshichika Takagi Location: Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 840 ft²/ 78 m² Photo courtesy: Yuta Oseto Description: This is a house with a space that resembles an inside and an outside. The space has a huge...

House in Nagoya by Atelier Tekuto Architects: Atelier Tekuto Location: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Toshihiro Sobajima Description: The site is situated in the local location where around 30 minutes via auto from Nagoya Station. Claim to fame material in Central territory in Japan is...