Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan, to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". More about NYAWA updates traditional Japanese home to celebrate the "passage of time"
Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya, Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. More about Slow uses charred wood to clad "hut-like" home in Japan
Large translucent windows bring a lantern-like quality to Check Patterned House, a concrete home in Saitama, Japan, completed by local studio IGArchitects. More about Translucent glazing and concrete encase compact Japanese home by IGArchitects
A zigzagging plan was used to bring "spatial depth" to the small site of House in Fujiidera, a family home in Osaka, Japan, designed by local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects. More about Intersecting blocks form House in Fujiidera by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Japanese studio IGArchitects conceived this home in Tokyo as an adaptable space for both living and working, with stepped living areas framed by boardmarked concrete walls. More about IGArchitects designs home in Japan as "one big room"
Architect Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designed A Cat Tree House as a home in Kamakura, Japan, for his family and cats. More about Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designs Japanese house to be "one big cat tree"
Tokyo studio Arii Irie Architects created this warehouse to double as a storage unit and a holiday home for its client in Isumi, Japan. More about Arii Irie Architects completes stripped-back Warehouse Villa in Japan
Japanese studio Akio Isshiki Architects has transformed an old wooden building into a warm-toned home and public restaurant named House in Hayashisaki Matsue Beach. More about Akio Isshiki Architects marries old and new with Japanese home and restaurant
Two cantilevered stacked volumes of contrasting materials form Laxus, a new home designed by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates. More about Apollo Architects & Associates create home from stacked volumes in Tokyo
A single concrete column supports the walls and roof of this house by Japanese studio IGArchitects, creating a flexible interior that can be opened up to the surrounding landscape. More about Single concrete column supports One-Legged House in Japan
Traditional Japanese materials and details are fused with contemporary finishes at C4L House in Tokyo, designed by local studio Cubo Design Architects. More about Cubo Design Architects celebrates traditional Japanese craft in Tokyo home
Challenging site constraints informed the angular shape of this concrete house named Villa MKZ, designed by Japanese studio Takeshi Hirobe Architects. More about Takeshi Hirobe Architects designs Japanese house to "dance around" complex site
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a staggered housing development by architect Kengo Kuma. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "unsettling" staggered housing on Japanese hillside
Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has added a staggered housing development, which employs construction techniques taken from dams, to a mountainous location in Japan. More about Kengo Kuma nestles staggered housing complex on Japanese hillside
Japanese studio Ushijima Architects has completed a small wood-clad house in Shiga Prefecture, with living spaces raised on a concrete base to help mitigate the risk of flooding. More about Ushijima Architects designs flood-resilient U-House near Japanese lake
Architecture studio Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL has created a house and studio with a curved facade for an up-and-coming manga artist in Tokyo, Japan. More about Sweeping facade animates manga artist's house in Tokyo by Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL
Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates has completed Esprit House, a home in Tokyo with a blocky concrete form elevated on piloti above a garage space. More about Apollo Architects & Associates designs Tokyo home that blurs indoor and outdoor spaces
Architect Tsukasa Ono designed this housing project on Japan's Yakushima island to have a positive impact on its natural setting, using a "regenerative" approach to improve the soil by promoting the growth of mycelium and bacteria. More about Sumu Yakushima is a co-operative housing project that supports humans and nature
Japanese design studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have renovated a century-old machiya townhouse in Kyoto with minimal interiors that intend to honour the home's existing architecture. More about Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design transform interior of traditional machiya house in Kyoto
Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo, around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. More about Office M-SA organises Tokyo home around exposed concrete furniture