Every room inside this concrete house in Kyoto by Torafu Architects is accessible for a resident in a wheelchair (+ slideshow). More »

The skinny west wing of this Tokyo house by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects is nine metres high, but less than two metres wide. More »

This small faceted house by Japanese studios D.I.G Architects and Nawakenji-m is embedded in a steep slope overlooking the city of Nagoya (+ slideshow). More »

Gravel coats the exterior of this house in Japan by Keitaro Muto Architects, including a wedge-shaped block with outward sloping walls. More »

Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture designed this seaside house with the "form of a pure white arrow". More »

A tall and narrow entrance slopes down to a low and wide living space at this triangular house in Japan by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates. More »

Rather than erasing all trace of this Kyoto townhouse's previous owners, Japanese architects Q-Architecture Laboratory preserved the earlier haphazard extensions as a timeline of the building's history. More »

There are huge rectangular holes in the walls and floors of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects. More »

Residents can step through holes in the walls inside this house in Japan by architects Atelier Cube (+ slideshow). More »

Wooden stairs climb up through a narrow lightwell inside this house by Japanese studio Tato Architects. More »

The timber-framed rooms of this house in Osaka prefacture by Japanese architects Suga Atelier are on show to the street though a transparent facade. More »

This hillside house by Japanese studio Tato Architects comprises a metal barn on top of a glass box (+ slideshow). More »

This house by Japanese firm Naya Architects is so closely surrounded by apartment blocks that its walls have to lean away from them. More »

The floors of this house by Tokyo studio HUG are connected by the steps of a courtyard that climbs over a roof (+ slideshow). More »