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 »

This visitor centre in Tokyo by Japanese architects Kengo Kuma and Associates looks like a stack of smaller buildings with sloping roofs. More »

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

Plants sprout through the patchwork aluminium facade of this pharmacy and clinic in Japan by architects Kengo Kuma and Associates (+ slideshow). 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 »

Japanese designers Nendo have designed a shoe store where the shoes walk around the store on their own. 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 »

Slideshow: Japanese studios SNARK and OUVI have completed two apartment blocks in Takasaki City that look like clusters of two-storey houses. 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 »