Kyoto

Villa built on a small site wedged between the road and the river where standard elements of the ‘domestic cosmetic’ are absent Architects: atelier BORONSKI Location: Kyoto, Japan Year: 2017 Photo courtesy: atelier BORONSKI Description: "On a typically small site wedged between the road and the river this...

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...

Kyoto Residence designed to enjoy as much as possible of the sunlight and the surroundings through the big windows Architects: EXH Design, Anoffice Location: Kyoto, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 1.302 ft²/ 121 m² Photo courtesy: Zhang Xi Description: "Mid of the local Japanese residential area in Kyoto, west side...

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...