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post updated 9 Jan 2021
Buildings in Japan
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Japanese Building Developments. 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.
Japanese Architecture : news + key projects
Japanese Buildings : A-D (this page)
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
New Japanese Building Designs
Major Buildings in Japan, alphabetical:
A house awaiting death
Architects: EASTERN design office
photograph : Koichi Torimrua
A house awaiting death
A four-meter wide gravel and dirt road runs in front of the site. On the other side of the road is a park-golf course where several elderly neighbors enjoy their leisure time.
Armani/Ginza Tower, Tokyo
Design: Massimiliano Fuksas Architects
photograph : Ramon Prat
Armani/Ginza Tower
The most important aspect that the architecture practice wanted to incorporate along the internal pathway between the zones is the element of surprise. To seek to incite emotion is as much the remit of the architect as it is of the designer.
Auto Repair Shop, Nigata
Design: Daigo Ishii + Future-scape Architects
photo : Koichi Torimura
Auto Repair Shop Nigata
Since the construction cost was extreme low, the architecture practice adopted a simple box form volume as a minimum size necessary for getting the legal certification. The architects thought that the low cost and the box form were the important characters for the suburbian architecture.
Barn, Nakanojo-town, central Japan
Design: Ikimono Architects+others
photo from architects
Japanese Barn Building
This information center is on the east side of the plaza where it got off Nakanojo Station. A wide table is put on the room where the wall, the floor, and the ceiling were plastered in white. It is an area of 364cm×728cm and about 16 of Tatami.
Black House, Kobe-city
Design: Tadashi Suga Architect
photo: Yoshiharu Matsumura
Black House
The black floatings, Chiba, s/east Japan
Design: STUDIO・NOA architect & associates
photograph from architect
House in Yotsukaido
Boukyo house
Design: Nakayama Architects
image from architect
Boukyo home
Bourou Noguchi, Noboribetsu Onsen
Design: Nakayama Architects
image from architect
Contemporary Japanese Hotel
Casa Wakasa, Osaka
Design: wHY Architecture
picture : Koji Nagasawa
Casa Wakasa
Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa
Architect: Tadao Ando
photograph : FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa
Chichu Art Museum
Chokkura Plaza, Tochigi
Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates
image : Daici Ano
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Ceremony Hall, Oita, Kyūshū, sw Japan
Design: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier
image : Toshiyuki Yano / Nacasa & Partners Inc
Ceremony Hall Oita
Column and Slab House, Tokyo
Design: FT Architects
photograph : Koichi Torimura
Column and Slab House
Cottage in Tsumari
Design: Daigo Ishii + Future-scape Architects
photo : Future-scape Architects
House in Tsumari
Crystal brick house – housing, Tokyo
Design: Atelier Tekuto
photograph : Makoto Yoshida
Japanese housing
Daylight House, southeast Japan
Design: Takeshi Hosaka Architects
photograph : Koji Fujii / Nacasa&Pertners Inc.
Daylight House, Yokohama
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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
Awaji Yumebutai, Awaji, Hyogo
2000
Tadao Ando
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
C1 House, Tokyo
2005
Curiosity / Milligram Studio
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
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Sou Fujimoto Architects
Chokaso, Tokyo, Japan
1985-87
Kisho Kurokawa
Chokkura Plaza, Tochigi
2006
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Crematorium, Kakamigahara, Japan
2007
Toyo Ito
Dior Omotesando – Dior Store, Tokyo
2003
SANAA Architects
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Location: Japan
Polish Expo Pavilion 2005, Nagoya / Aichi
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Ingarden & Ewy Architekci, Poland
photo from architect firm
Japanese Expo building
Architect in Japan : Tom Heneghan
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Hiroshima air terminal – Architecture Competition
Date built: 1990
Design: Paul Andreu Architects
Japan Architecture : UIA 2011 Tour
Japanese Architects : Fumihiko Maki
Buildings / photos for the Japanese Architecture page welcome