YNAS uses canopies to reconnect Japan home with the outdoors
Local architecture studio YNAS has renovated and extended a traditional timber home in southern Japan, opening up its…
Kuma&Elsa arranges apartments around translucent “huts”
Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that…
HYG Architects completes timber-lined home in Japan
Clerestory windows and a curved ceiling create shifting patterns of light and shadow through this timber-lined home near…
I IN designs Lulla House in Japan to make most of ocean view
Tokyo studio I IN has renovated Lulla House, a holiday home overlooking the ocean in Kamakura, Japan, creating…
Kraft Architects clads An Unfinished House with corrugated steel
Corrugated metal cloaks the long, narrow form of An Unfinished House, a minimalist house in Japan designed by…
Aatismo references ceramic glazes for Haniyasu House in Japan
Rough walls streaked with clay, soil and metal powders evoke ceramic glazes at Haniyasu House, a home in…
Metal terrace for potted plants fronts House in Nakano by HOAA
Japanese studio HOAA has completed House in Nakano, a timber-lined home in Tokyo that is buffered from the…
Akio Isshiki Architects clads House in Saidera in charred cedar
Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has used details including a floor-level window and shoji screens within this wood-clad…
Tropical hardwood and reinforced concrete form House in Minami-Azabu
Architect Keiji Ashizawa saw the planning process as “solving a puzzle” when creating this house in central Tokyo,…
Large metal roof tops off-grid home on Japanese island by Sakai Architects
A large corrugated metal roof topped by a triangular skylight shelters the timber-lined interiors of Amami House, an…