Tokyo

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...

Open space home with almost no privacy situated in a dense neighbourhood of Tokyo Architects: frontofficetokyo Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2016 Area: 1.292 ft²/ 120 m² Photo courtesy: Takumi Ota Description: "With a flag shaped site, bound on every side by close neighbors, the understandable instinct might be to...

Single-family house located in Tokyo built with severe restrictions on space of land and height Architects: Satoru Hirota Architects Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 1.475 ft²/ 137 m² Photo courtesy: Satoru Hirota Architects Description: "This is the single-family house located in Tokyo. Restrictions on space of land and...

“ondo” is a house with a cafe, having 3 floors, a basement and a roof terrace and faces one of the most famous parks in Tokyo Architects: MAMM DESIGN Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 958 ft²/ 89 m² Photo courtesy: Daici Ano Description: "“ondo” is a house with...

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...

Nerima House by Elding Oscarson Architects: Elding Oscarson Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2015 Area: 1,066 sq. ft / 99 sq. m Photo courtesy: Kenichi Suzuki  Description: On a plot in Tokyo, a little garden has been flourishing alongside an old house for quite a while. As the small existing...

Small House with Floating Treehouse by Yuki Miyamoto Architect Architects: Yuki Miyamoto Architect Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2013 Photo courtesy: Masayoshi Ishii Description: The house is situated in the calm local location in the limit of Central Tokyo. It was based on a great deal measuring 6.5m (21ft)...

Little Open-Air House with a big Terrace in Tokyo by Takuro Yamamoto Architects: Takuro Yamamoto Location: Tokyo, Japan Year: 2015 Photo courtesy: Takuro Yamamoto Description: Little House with a Big Terrace is a clear case of having vast outer space in little urban living arrangement with restricted site...