Buildings arranged alphabetically:

7/2 House
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Sou Fujimoto Architects

21_21 Design Sight - Museum, Midtown, Tokyo
2007
Tadao Ando Architect & Associates

Airspace Tokyo, Kitamagome Ota-ku district, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Studio M with Thom Faulders
four storey multi-family dwelling unit with photography studios
open-celled meshwork : dual-layered skins constructed of aluminum & plastic composite material.
Building design: Hajime Masubuchi/Studio M in Japan
Screen design: Thom Faulders, with Proces2 Design in San Francisco

Akino Fuku Art Museum
1997
Terunobu Fujimori + Yoshio Uchida

Aktis Wedding Chapel, Brighton Hotel, Kyoto
2006
Amorphe Takeyama & Associates

Amber Hall, Kuji, Japan
1996-99
Kisho Kurokawa

B House, Tokyo
2005
Atelier A5

Big Window House, Yokohama
2005
Tezuka Architects

Billboard building – housing block, Tokyo
2005
klein dytham architecture

Billiard Hall & House, Nagoya
1998
Ushida Findlay Architects

Capsule House K, Karuizawa
1974
Kisho Kurokawa

Chiaroscuro House, Tokyo
1993
Ushida Findlay Architects

Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima
2004
Tadao Ando

Children’s Treatment Centre, Hokkaido
-
Sou Fujimoto Architects

Chokaso, Tokyo, Japan
1985-87
Kisho Kurokawa

Chokkura Plaza, Tochigi
2006
Kengo Kuma & Associates

Crematorium, Kakamigahara, Japan
2007
Toyo Ito

Crystal brick house – housing, Tokyo
2004
Atelier Tekuto

Dior Omotesando - Dior Store, Tokyo
2003
SANAA Architects

Eaves House, Tokyo
2006
Tezuka Architects: Takaharu+Yui Tezuka with Masahiro Ikeda

Echo Chamber, Tokyo, Japan
1989
Ushida Findlay Architects

Ehime Museum of Science, Ehime
1991-94
Kisho Kurokawa

Engawa House, Tokyo
2005
Tezuka Architects

Experimental house, Tsukuba
2007
Loco Architects
Rammed earth structure

F-Town building, Sendai
2007
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Floating-roof house, Okayama
2005
Tezuka Architects

Folly, Osaka, Japan
1990
Zaha Hadid Architects

Forest Park Adatara, Fukushima, Japan
2000
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Forestry Hall, Kumamoto Prefecture
-
Taira Nishizawa Architects

Fuefukigawa Museum of Fruit, Yamanashi
1993-94
Itsuko Hasegawa

Fujinomiya Golf Club, Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
1994-97
Kisho Kurokawa

Fukui City Museum of Art, Fukui, Japan
1993-96
Kisho Kurokawa

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Katsuyama
1996-2000
Kisho Kurokawa

Fukuoka Housing - Nexus World Kashii : Void Space/Hinged Space, Fukuoka
1989-91
Steven Holl Architects

Fukusaki hanging garden – office building, Osaka
2005
Kengo Kuma & Associates

G House, Tokyo
2005
Jun Aoki, Tokyo

Gotoh Museum, Tokyo, Japan
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Grasslands Agricultural Institute, Kumamoto
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Grin Grin, Island city Central Park, Fukouka
-
Toyo Ito

Harajuku Church, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Henri Gueydan

Heaven Chamber, Toyama, Japan
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Heaven Pavilion, Tateyama Museum
1995
Enric Miralles

Hermès Midosuji - store, Osaka, Japan
2007
RDAI - Rena Dumas Architecture Intérieure

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
1988-89
Kisho Kurokawa

Horizon house, Atami
2005
Shinichi Ogawa & Architects

Hot Spring House
-
Terunobu Fujimori

Hotel Il Palazzo, Fukuoka
1987
Aldo Rossi

Hotel Kyocera, Kagoshima
1991-95
Kisho Kurokawa

House, Izu Peninusla,
2005
Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo

House, Karuizawa, Japan
2007
TNA – Makoto Takei & Chie Nabeshima

House, Karuizawa
2008
Go Hasegawa

House, Matsumoto, Nagano
2007
Hideyuki Nakayama, Kenji Nawa

House, Osaka
2007
Workshop Hakomori Yantrasast

House, Sapporo, Hokkaido
2008
Shinichiro Akasaka Atelier

House, Setagaya, Tokyo
2005
John Pawson

House, Tateyama, nr Tokyo
2007
Sou Fujimoto Architects

House, Tokyo
2005
Waro Kishi + K.ASSOCIATES, Kyoto

House, Yokohama, Japan
2007
Kamayachi + Harigai – Seiji Kamayachi + Massafumi Harigai

Housing Prototype 1, Osaka
1995
Ushida Findlay Architects

Hu-tong House, Osaka
2002
Waro Kishi

Ichiya-tei : One-Night Teahouse
2003
Terunobu Fujimori + Nobumichi Ohshima

Ishibashi Junior High School, Tochigi
1992-94
Kisho Kurokawa

Issey Miyake shop, Tokyo
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Izu house, Nishiizu
2004
Atelier Bow-Wow

Japanese Red Cross Society - Headquarters, Tokyo
1975-77
Kisho Kurokawa

Jin office building, Maebashi
2006
Jun Aoki & Associates

Jinchokan Moriya Historical Museum
1991
Terunobu Fujimori + Yoshio Uchida

Juicy House – housing, Tokyo
2005
Atelier Bow-Wow

KA House, Setagaya, Tokyo
2006
Atelier A5

Kabuki-Cho, Tokyo, Japan
1990-93
Richard Rogers Partnership

Kaizankyo company villa, Wakayama Prefecture
1994
Ushida Findlay Architects

Kanno Museum of Art, Shiogama, nr Sendai
2005
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Kansai Airport, Japan
1988
Foster & Partners

Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka
1994
Renzo Piano Architects

Kasama - House
1980-81
Toyo Ito & Associates

Kashima-machi City Hall, Kumamoto, Japan
1995-97
Kisho Kurokawa

Kibi-cho City Hall / Kibi Dome, Wakayama
1993-95
Kisho Kurokawa

Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Tokyo
2007
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects

Kobe Institute, Rokko Mountains
1990-92
Troughton McAslan

Kumamoto Artpolis Park Management Office, Kumamoto
1998
Ushida Findlay Architects

Kumamoto Grasslands Agricultural Institute, Kumamoto
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Leaf Chapel, Yamanashi
2004
klein dytham architecture

Library, Green Avenue, Tokyo
2007
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Lotus House, Kanagawa, nr Tokyo
2005
Kengo Kuma & Associates

Magritte’s House, Tokyo
2005
Atelier Tekuto

Matsumoto headquarters, Okayamao
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Meiso no Mori – funeral hall, Gifu
-
Toyo Ito

Midland Square – tower, Meieki distric, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
-
Nikken Sekkei

Mihara Cultural Centre, Mihara, Hiroshima
2007
Maki And Associates

Miki House New Office Building, Osaka, Japan
1985-91
Kisho Kurokawa

Minami Yamashiro Primary School, Kyoto
-
Richard Rogers Partnership

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, nr Sendai
2008
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Monsoon Restaurant, Sapporo, Japan
1990
Zaha Hadid Architects

Monument to Time, Oshima
-
Benson & Forsyth Architects

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
-
Gluckman Mayner

Moriyama House – housing, Tokyo
2005
Ryue Nishizawa

Museum, Tokyo, Japan
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Museum of Natural Science, Niigata
-
Tezuka Architects

Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
1983-87
Kisho Kurokawa

Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1970-72
Kisho Kurokawa

Nara City Museum of Photography, Nara
1989-91
Kisho Kurokawa

National Bunraku Theater, Osaka, Japan
1979-83
Kisho Kurokawa

National Gallery in Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo
2000-05
Kisho Kurokawa

The National Institute for Japanese Language, Tachikawa, Tokyo
2004
Maki And Associates

National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
1973-77
Kisho Kurokawa

National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
1959
Le Corbusier

Natural Ellipse - House, Tokyo
2003
Endoh Design House

Natural Illuminance - House, Tokyo
1999
Endoh Design House

Natural Science Museum
2004
Tezuka Architects

Natural Slats - House, Tokyo
2002
Endoh Design House

Natural Strips - House, Shibuya, Tokyo
2005
Endoh Design House + MIAS, Tokyo

Nexus Housing, Fukuoka, Japan
1991
Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA

N-Project Gasoline Station, Nagano
1992
Klein Dytham Architect

O Residence, Tokyo, Japan
1997-99
Kisho Kurokawa

Odate - Hall, Odate Jukai Dome Park
1997
Toyo Ito & Associates

Oita Agricultural Park, Hayami-gun
1997
Toyo Ito & Associates

Okinawa Prefectural Government Headquarters, Okinawa
1988-90
Kisho Kurokawa

Onobe House, Tokyo, Japan
1988-89
Simon Conder Associates

Osaka Castle Pavilions - Toilets & Café, Osaka
2006
Shuhei Endo

Osaka International Convention Centre, Osaka
1994-2000
Kisho Kurokawa

Osaka Prefectural Government Offices, Osaka
1988
Kisho Kurokawa

Oshima Time Temple, Oshima, Toyama Prefecture
1991-93
Benson + Forsyth

Ota-ku Resort Complex, Chisagata-gun
1995-98
Toyo Ito & Associates

Park Museum City, Japan
1989
Ushida Findlay Architects

Pavilion for Art Triennial, Niigata
-
MVRDV

PMT Building, Nagoya, Japan
-
Toyo Ito & Associates

Polyphony House, Osaka, Japan
1997
Ushida Findlay Architects

Reihoku Community Hall
2002
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

The Ring House, Karuizawa, Tokyo
2007
Takei-Nabeshima-Architects

Roof house
2001
Tezuka Architects

Rooftecture S – house, Kobe, Osaka
2005
Shuhei Endo

Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
1978-82
Kisho Kurokawa

Sakurajosui - House
1997-2000
Toyo Ito & Associates

Sea Viewing Platform, Toyama, Japan
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Schools Vacation Cabins, Hiroshima
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi-Sendai
1995-2001
Toyo Ito & Associates

Senkantei, Hyogo, Japan
1992-93
Kisho Kurokawa

Shiga Kogen Roman Art Museum, Yamanouchi
1994-97
Kisho Kurokawa

Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, Izumoshi, Shimne
2006
Maki And Associates

Shin-Marunouchi Building, Marunouchi district, Tokyo
2001-07
Hopkins Architects
198m high
Japanese building

Shirasagi Bridge
1995
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Showroom + store, Kyoto
-
David Chipperfield, Architects

Silver Hut house, Tokyo
1984
Toyo Ito & Associates

Sin Den hair salon, Jingumae
-
Klein Dytham

Soft and Hairy House, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki
1994
Ushida Findlay Architects

Softopia Japan, Gifu
1990-96
Kisho Kurokawa

Sony Tower, Osaka, Japan
1972-76
Kisho Kurokawa

Spiral Wall House, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
1994
Ushida Findlay Architects

Swatch – Retail & Office Tower, Ginza, Tokyo
2007
Shigeru Ban

Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
-
Toyo Ito & Associates

Takasugi-an : Too-High Teahouse
2004
Terunobu Fujimori

Tanpopo House - Dandelion House
1995
Terunobu Fujimori + Yoshio Uchida

Tateshina Planetarium, Hiroshima
1976
Kisho Kurokawa

TBWA/Hakuhodo agency office, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Klein Dytham Architecture

T-House
2005
Sou Fujimoto Architects

TOD, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
2004
Toyo Ito & Associates

Tokyo Apartments
-
Sou Fujimoto Architects

Tokyo Club building, Tokyo
2005
Yoshio Taniguchi

Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
1989-96
Rafael Vinoly Architects

Tokyo University Library, Japan
2007
Shigeru Ban

Tower of Winds, Yokohama
1986
Toyo Ito & Associates

Toyoda Memorial Hall Renovation, Nagoya, Aichi
2007
Maki And Associates

Toyota Auto, Kyoto, Japan
1989-90/93
David Chipperfield Architects

Toyota City Stadium, Toyota City, Japan
1997-2001
Kisho Kurokawa

Truss Wall House, Machida-city, Tokyo
1993
Ushida Findlay Architects

The Whispering Bridge, Toyama
-
Tom Heneghan - The Architecture Factory

Uniqlo, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Klein Dytham Architecture

Vertical Horizon, Tokyo
1991
Ushida Findlay Architects

Wacoal Kojimachi Building, Tokyo
1982-84
Kisho Kurokawa

Wakayama - The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama
1990-94
Kisho Kurokawa

Wedding Chapel, Osaka
-
Jun Aoki & Associates

White U house
1976
Toyo Ito & Associates

Y House, Chita, Aichi, Nagoya City
2005
Power Unit Studio, Tokyo

Y House, Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture
2005
Atelier A5

Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, Japan
-
Toyo Ito

YKK guest house, Kurabe
-
Fumihiko Maki

Yokohama Sportsman Club, Kanagawa Prefecture
1990
Ushida Findlay Architects

Yurakucho Canopy, Tokyo
-
Dewhurst Macfarlane Engineers with Rafael Vinoly Architects
One of the most considered + beautiful pieces of architecture in years – sublime!

Yusuhara Town Hall, Yusuhara, Kochi Prefecture
2007
Kengo Kuma & Associates



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