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Architecture in Japan
We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Japanese Architecture. We aim to select buildings in Japan that are either of top quality or interesting or ideally both.
We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across Japan. The focus is on contemporary Japanese buildings but information on traditional Japanese buildings is also welcome.
We have 8 pages of Japanese Architecture selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages.
Japanese Architecture : news + key projects (this page)
Japanese Buildings : A-D
Japanese Architecture Designs : E-G
Japanese Building Developments : H-I
Japanese Architecture Developments : J-L
Japanese Building Designs : M-N
Japanese Architectural Designs : O-R
Contemporary Japanese Buildings : S-Z
Japanese Building News
Architecture in Japan - latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Le Comptoir de Fruit et Légumes, Higashiku, Nagoya, Aichi
Design: Kotaro HORIUCHI / KHA - Kotaro Horiuchi Architecture INC

photo from architects
Le Comptoir de Fruit et Légumes in Higashiku - 16 May 2013
Mini architecture - organic forms built using stacked free-flowing plates to maximise function in a tight space. The counter slides through the wall, while the spiral runs along a smooth curved surface reaching to the ceiling. The form of the curved surface was changed and it computed so that the needed function might be absorbed, always having in mind the ease of use. The new design follows variations generated using parametric design.
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.
Karuizawa Villa, Nagano
Jun Sakaguchi

photo : bonobo
Karuizawa Villa - 14 Jan 2013
The original idea was to hang the internal space with a structural timber frame like a hammock. Two levels of comfortable space open up to the outside and hovers over the ground maximising the view and emphasising the ‘living in the trees’.
Luminous Building, Tokyo
Design: Jun Sakaguchi Architect

photograph : Tomohiro Sakashita
Luminous Tokyo - added 11 Jan 2013
Nine storey commercial building - reminsicent of a spine, a vertebral column formed from concrete, each floor as a vertebra.
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".
Japanese Building - Recent Designs
Yurihonjo City Cultural Center, Akita Prefecture, Honshu, northwest Japan
Architects: chiaki arai urban and architectural design

photograph © 2012 Taisuke Ogawa
Yurihonjo City Cultural Center - 17 Aug 2012
This is a complex institution composed of Multipurpose Transforming Theater, Library and Community Center. Originally, this project had two sites sandwiching a road. We combined sites by placing an indoor “Gathering Steet” which gives access to each function. Its fissure like form lets sunlight into the deep center of the building.
House in Takada, Jyoetsu, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan
Design: Iida archiship studio

photo : Ken'ichi Suzuki
House in Takada - 29 May 2012
This bungalow house is located in Jyoetsu city in Niigata prefecture where is about 200km toward to the north from Tokyo. The regional characteristics are the temperature below zero degree and the snow depth exceeds 2m during winter. To come through such a severe climate, the covered allays are set up on the pedestrians and snow melted equipments with usage of well water are installed on the roads.
Light stage house, Hiroshima, south west Japan
Bunzo Ogawa

photograph : Toshiyuki Yano
Light stage house - added 12 Mar 2012
The concept of this house, "sunlight stage" is a proposal of the way of taking sunlight on the site where the condition of sunlight is severe.
Small House in Meguro-ku, south of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Unemori architects - added

photograph : Ken Sasajima
Small House in Meguro-ku - added 8 Mar 2012
The small house which the married couple and their child live stands at the densely populated area in Tokyo. Though the neighboring houses is very close, I aimed to design the house which exceed the physical narrowness living at the city.
Shima Kitchen, Teshima, Seto Inland Sea, Western Japan
Atelier Ryo Abe

photo © Atelier Ryo Abe
Shima Kitchen - added 2 Mar 2012
Shima Kitchen was a renovation project to create a venue for arts and dinning from an old vacant house in a village on Teshima, a rural island in the Seto Inland Sea of Western Japan. Around this old house were vacant lands where several other buildings had been demolished a long time ago.
Ring Around a Tree, Fuji
Tezuka Architects

photograph : Katsuhisa Kida
Ring Around a Tree - 29 Sep 2011
Japanese Architecture - Major Buildings
Major Architecture in Japan, alphabetical:
Armani/Ginza Tower, Tokyo
Massimiliano Fuksas Architects

photograph : Ramon Prat
Armani/Ginza Tower
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Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa
Architect: Tadao Ando

photograph : FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa
Chichu Art Museum
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Fragile Shelter, Sapporo, north Japan
Hidemi Nishida

photo : Anna Nagai
Fragile Shelter Hokkaido
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Fuji Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tezuka Architects

photograph : Katsuhisa Kida
Fuji Kindergarten
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Hoki Museum, Chiba, central Japan
Nikken Sekkei

image : Harunori Noda
Hoki Museum
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Kure City Ondo Civic Center, Hiroshima
Kengo Kuma & Associates

photo from architects
Japanese Civic Center
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Leaf Chapel, Yamanashi
klein dytham architecture

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Leaf Chapel Yamanashi
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Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
Tange Associates Architects

photo : Koji Horiuchi
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
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Mountains & Opening House
EASTERN design office

photograph : Koichi Torimrua
Mountains & Opening House
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Musashino Art University Building
Sou Fujimoto Architects

photograph from architect
Musashino Art University Building
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Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, north Japan
molo + d/dt Arch + Frank la Rivière Arch.

photo : Shigeo Ogawa
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse
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Prada Store
Herzog and de Meuron

picture © James Whitaker 2009
Prada Store Tokyo
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SHELL building, Karuizawa, Nagano
Kotaro Ide / ARTechnic architects

picture : Nacasa & Partners Inc
SHELL villa
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TBWA\Hakuhodo, Tokyo
Klein Dytham architecture

photograph : Kozo Takayama
TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo
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Teshima Art Museum
Ryue Nishizawa + Rei Naito

photograph : Noboru Morikawa
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Yokohama Port Terminal, Tokyo
Foreign Office Architects

picture via RIAS in 2004
Yokohama Ferry Terminal |
More Japanese Architecture online soon
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Japanese Architects
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

photo © 2008 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
Modern Japanese Building
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo - 1959 by Le Corbusier
Japanese architect : Tadao Ando
Japan Architecture : UIA 2011 Tour
Japanese architect : Fumihiko Maki
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