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

Japanese architect Takato Tamagami has completed two homes in Tokyo that are tangled around each other. More »

This family house by architect Naoko Horibe features a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami mats inside a protruding, timber-clad mezzanine.

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Japanese studio mA-style architects has completed a metal-clad house with a smaller wooden house inside (+ slideshow). More »

This Tokyo house by Japanese architects Aida Atelier comprises a cluster of four white-rendered blocks that support an elevated  fifth block above a central patio. More »

This Tokyo house by Japanese studio Naf Architect & Design has a climbing wall and ladders, in case the owners get bored of using the stairs. More »

This house in Osaka by architects Suga Atelier has a faceted concrete exterior that looks like a rockface. More »

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 »