Japan

House in Nada by Fujiwarramuro Architects Location: Nada, Japan Photo courtesy: Toshiyuki Yano Thank you for reading this article!

Garden Tree House by Hironaka Ogawa & Associates Location: Kagawa , Japan Year: 2012 Photo courtesy: Daici Ano Description: This is an extension project on a thirty-five year-old house for a daughter and her husband. Azelkova tree and a Camphor tree stood on the site since the time...

Shelf-Pod by Kazuya Morita Architecture Studio Location: Osaka, Japan Year: 2007 Photo courtesy: Shinichi Watanabe, Ichiro Sugioka Description: Shelf-Pod is a private study facility, located in Osaka prefecture, Japan. The client owns an extensive collection of books on the subject of Islamic history, so he requested that...

Nest Residence by UID Architects Location: Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan Year: 2010 Photo courtesy: Hiroshi Ueda Description: This is a small house planned in a forest surrounded by rich nature. The site is located in the foot of a mountain with scarce neighboring houses in Onomichi City. The...

Mejiro House by MDS Architectural Studio Location: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan Year: 2004 Photo courtesy: Toshiyuki Yano Description: Residential areas in densely populated downtown Tokyo tend to be claustrophobic and closed off, with individual plots surrounded by high walls to ensure privacy, and a concerted effort to avoid...

Skate Park House by LEVEL Architects Location: Tokyo, Shibuya, Sendagaya, Japan Year: 2011 Photo courtesy: Kojima Junji Description: The owners of this house, a young married couple, made a special request in regards to the design of their house, located in a quiet residential neighborhood in Shibuya...

M House by D.I.G Architects Location: Nagoya, Japan Year: 2009 Area: 1,000 sqft Photo courtesy: Takeshi Yamagishi Description: The width of the site is 5m, just the same as the street in front, and the house is even narrowed down into 3m width tubular space. This tubular space...

House T by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2012 Area: 818 sqft Photo courtesy: Hiroyasu Sakaguchi Description: It is a residence and atelier for a couple in the center of Tokyo. Floor like bookshelf plates are placed at the different level in the shifted box. Furniture is...

Cozy Home by FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects Architects: FORM / Kouichi Kimura Architects Location: Shiga Prefecture, Japan Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Yoshihiro Asada Description: The house is constructed at one of the little destinations swarmed with houses and encompassed by limited streets. With such conditions, we proposed the...

House in Waga-Zaimokuza by Architect Cafe Architects: Architect Cafe Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2010 Area: 103 sqm Photo courtesy: Ito Akihisa Description: Looking to give a liberal living space regardless of the little parcel, the house highlights a hoisted outside greenery enclosure that opens up the living and eating space. Portrayed...