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Jun 9, 2021 · Explore 39 architects and 55 projects by Japanese masters of contemporary architecture, from Ando to Kuma. Learn how Japan's unique situation, culture, and history shape its creative and sustainable buildings.
Explore the diverse and innovative array of modern architecture in Japan, from forest houses and capsule towers to transparent buildings and ribbon chapels. See photos and learn about the designers and features of these stunning structures.
Explore the latest news and projects of Japanese architecture, from concrete designs to urban development. Discover the works of Pritzker Prize laureates, emerging talents, and international collaborations.
- House in Kyoto – by 07BEACH
- Sakaushi House in Tokyo – by Taku Sakaushi
- House in Toyonaka – by Fujiwaramuro Architects
- Stone House – by Hiroshi Sambuichi
- Rokko House in Kobe – by Yo Shimada
- Pettanco House – by Yuji Tanabe Architects
- Window House in Kamakura – by Muji
- Ikema House – by 1100 Architects
- M House – by Ryuji Nakamura
- Okinawa Vacation House – by Pawson Architects
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Location:Kyoto, Japan Completion Year:2019 Designed for a couple and their young children, 07BEACH took the opportunity to use an open plan for simplicity and for the sake of keeping an eye on the kids. The House in Kyoto is timber-clad and includes a tatami mat room on the first floor, paying respect to a major characteristic in Japanese architect...
Location: Tokyo, Japan Completion Year: 2019 Architect Taku Sakaushi designed this 50 square meter home for himself and his wife in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district. With planning regulations and restrictions, the Sakaushi house was limited to three levels. Working within his constraints, Sakaushi displays modern Japanese architectureby moving the living ...
Location: Toyonaka, Japan Completion Year: 2018 Sunlight and privacy were two core ideas for the design of this concrete home in Toyonaka. Due to the dense nature of the district, the house lacked any extraordinary views, and privacy was a challenge. FujiwaraMuro Architects designed a single mass divided into three boxes, with the voids between the...
Location: The Junction of 3 Prefectures: Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Shimane Completion Year: 2006 Stone House by Hiroshi Sambuichi is a home that softly treads the earth. Designed with natural and reused materials, the Stone House is minimal and climate resistant. This structure of Japanese architecture experiences cold months of harsh winds and snow in...
Location:Kobe, Japan Completion Year: 2011 Japanese architectYo Shimada designed the Rokko house with a strategy of minimizing physical impacts on the environment while maintaining commanding views of Kobe. Positioned on Mt. Rokko, the home sits on a steep slope, and requires special construction techniques. The Rokko house features a transparent g...
Location: Matsumoto, Japan Completion Year:2015 Wood craftsmen in Matsumoto are well known since Japan’s Edo period. The Pettanco House’s client is a wood craftsman himself, and he requested a gallery space to display his works. The plan of the home utilizes a Japanese architectural module of 4ken x 6ken, where 1ken is equal to about 2 meters. Main...
Location:Kamakura, Japan Completion Year: 2016 Adapted from Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s2008 version of a Muji house, the Window House is an 80 square meter home located in the seaside city of Kamakura. The open layout spread over two levels allows for flexibility to rescale and reconfigure depending on plot requirements. The form of the house, ...
Location: Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Completion Year:2016 Sitting high on Japan’s remote island, the Ikema House looks out into the East China Sea as a modern cliff-top home in Japanese architecture. 1100 Architects built the house of concrete to withstand the extreme weather of the island and detail the interior with traditional Japanese materials ...
Location:Eastern Japan Completion Year: 2016 A former student of renowned Japanese architect Jun Aoki, Ryuji Nakamura modestly approaches his design for the M House. Sandwiched between two roads, the site presented stricter rules for building and landscape. Nakamura slightly modifies the client’s three concepts into four: garden, exterior, structur...
Location:Okinawa, Japan Completion Year:2016 The Okinawa Vacation House, developed by Taishi Kanemura from Pawson’s London office, was designed for a family wanting to escape their busy lives in Tokyo. The interior layout and exterior shape of the house were influenced by the site’s catenary curve. Three intersecting masses house separate functions...
Explore the diversity and creativity of modern Japanese architecture through 30 examples of houses designed by different architects. See how they incorporate traditional elements, natural materials, and innovative techniques to create unique and sustainable spaces.
Jul 26, 2021 · A survey of 55 recent projects by living Japanese architects, from Kengo Kuma's National Stadium to Junya Ishigami's Water Garden. The book provides historical context and vivid photographs of the innovative and diverse works that reflect Japan's design legacy and identity.
May 11, 2020 · May 11, 2020. Approaching the T3 house in Kamakura, Japan, from the street, you’re confronted with a somewhat nondescript façade—it’s a concrete wall with a gate that mimics a shōji, a Japanese...
