All the rooms of this renovated Tokyo house by Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design are connected to a wooden box at its centre. More »

The floor of the dining room becomes a worktop for the kitchen inside this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Urban Architecture Office (UAo). More »

This Tokyo house by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has hardly any walls and looks like scaffolding (photos by Iwan Baan). More »

Beyond the arched entrance of this metal-clad house in Kadoma, Japan by architect Takeshi Hamada is a corner light well surrounded by windows and balconies. More »

The huge tiled roof that wraps around this Tokyo house integrates arched windows and openings for tree branches. More »

Steel crossbeams divide the triple-height living room of this Tokyo townhouse into modular sections. More »

Slideshow: the cantilevered upper storeys of this house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shogo Iwata hover above a driveway. More »

Slideshow: a wooden library climbs the walls of this four-storey house in Kanagawa, Japan. More »

Slideshow: the walls of this house in Tokyo by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates stretch outwards around a secret balcony. More »

Slideshow: one huge window stretches across the black facade of this house overlooking the bay in Osaka. More »

A small wooden dining table at the heart of this house in Fukuoka, Japan, is overlooked from every other room. More »

Slideshow: Japanese architects Future Studio conceived the rooftop terrace of this Hiroshima house as a stage, with its audience in the living room and kitchen. More »

Japanese studio Tato Architects have converted a warehouse in Osaka into a house where residents can climb up the walls. More »

The protruding entrance lobby of this Tokyo house has a seamless frosted facade that glows with diffused light. More »