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Japanese Architecture : Buildings
Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in Japan, Asia
Architecture in JapanWe'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 NewsArchitecture 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 DesignsYurihonjo City Cultural Center, Akita Prefecture, Honshu, northwest JapanArchitects: 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 BuildingsMajor Architecture in Japan, alphabetical:
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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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