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Houses in Japan : Japanese Residences

Key Contemporary Residential Buildings in Japan, Asia

Japanese House Designs We have various pages of Contemporary Japanese House selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. We aim to select projects that are either of top quality or interesting or ideally both. We cover completed Japanese homes, new house designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across Japan. Comments on the selection welcome. The focus is on contemporary Japanese residential buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome. e-architect have 4 pages of Japanese house designs: Japanese House : A-C (this page) Japanese Homes : D-K Japanese Property Designs : L-O Japanese House Designs : P-Z New Properties in Japan - latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically: House in Muko, Kyoto, central-southern Japan Design: Fujiwara Architects photo : Yano Toshiyuki House in Muko - 2 apr 2013 A mezzanine-floored residence consisting of a single-roomed space, located on a fan-shaped site. The movements of the sun can be felt inside the house all throughout the year. Light coming from the east strikes the louvered boards before entering the house and reaching deep into its interior. House in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, south east Japan Design: Shigeru Fuse Architects photo from architect House in Abiko - added 29 Jan 2013 This project is a residence for a couple in their thirties, built in Abiko City. The client desired a gallery-like concrete-made space where their pleasure of designed furniture stands out. House in Yamasaki, Hyogo, central Japan Design: Tato architects photo : Ken'ichi Suzuki House Yamasaki - 30 Nov 2012 This is a house in the northern part of Hyogo Prefecture for a couple and their two children. The construction site is a part of a place surrounded by mountains and the sky is overcast most of the days. I wanted to create light, stable indoor climate and came up with a plan of three sheds of house type arranged on a 1.8 m high, grey foundation platform. House in Asamayama, Nagano, central Japan Design: Kidosaki Architects Studio photo : 45g Photography House in Asamayama - 23 Oct 2012 Stunning new Japanese house that floats out over a steep slope. The architects describe it like this: "The owner spent quite a few years for found this site, therefore my main concern was to link the beautiful vast sea of trees spread out to Mt. Asama (Asamayama in Japanese) with internal space. First of all, we can enjoy a sea of trees from the approach deck to the entrance. When open the large door to the living room, Mt. Asama and the foot of it spread in picture window frame formed by the deep and low-height eaves. This scenery is the best part of the view". Nest, Kichijouji, Tokyo Iida archiship studio photo : Ken'ichi Suzuki Nest Kichijyoji - 2 Jun 2012 The site is located on south-west area of on Kichijyoji train station facing a beautiful Zelkova street which runs through Inogashira Park in a direction perpendicular to Inogashira street which is one of major streets in Tokyo. Considering rebuilding the decrepit office building, the complex building which was consisted with the office, shops and rented apartment was organized to be suitable for the context. The deformed volume was lead by a north diagonal restriction and sun shadow control. House in Senri, Suita, Osaka Shogo Iwata photograph : Nagaishi Hidehiko House in Senri - 22 Apr 2012 This residence is planned for a family, husband, wife and their son. Recent Japanese Houses Atelier Tenjinyama, Gunma Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects photograph : Takashi Fujino / Ikimono Architects Atelier Tenjinyama - added 25 Mar 2012 Complex house, Nagoya, central Japan Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates photo from architects Nagoya house - 2 Mar 2012 The client family of this house needed many small rooms within a relatively small space. So, the architects firstly examined the possibility of a row of small, deep rooms. After the concept was fixed, the architects considered different widths depending on suitable scales for each of the rooms. Then they edited the composition of the sections. The black floatings, Chiba, southeast Japan STUDIO・NOA architect ＆ associates photograph from architect House in Yotsukaido - 17 May 2011 Located in suburb area, House in Yotsukaido is a residence that looks to merge the boundaries between private interior space and the context. A non transference glass terrace connects to the home. Thick walls surround the outdoor area, shielding the owner from outside eyes, while maintaining a sense of exposure to the nature. a single square opening cuts through the enclosure, framing a nearby retention basin and the neighborhood beyond. Japanese House Architecture Houses in Japan, alphabetical: Black House, Kobe-city, Hyogo Prefecture Tadashi Suga Architect photo : Yoshiharu Matsumura Black House   Boukyo house Nakayama Architects image from architect Boukyo house   Casa Wakasa, Osaka wHY Architecture image : Koji Nagasawa Casa Wakasa   Column and Slab House, Tokyo FT Architects photograph : Koichi Torimura Column and Slab House   The Covered House Naoi architecture & design office photo : Hiroshi Ueda The Covered House Crystal brick house - housing, Tokyo Atelier Tekuto photograph : Makoto Yoshida Crystal Brick House Japanese Houses - No Images Chiaroscuro House, Tokyo 1993 Ushida Findlay Architects More Japanese Houses online soon

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