Blank metal facade of Tokyo home hides tree-planted courtyard
Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters. More
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Skinny house squeezed into dense Tokyo neighbourhood
A skinny house clad in black steel by Apollo Architects & Associates slots into a tiny plot of land in Tokyo, Japan, and features minimalist interiors. More
Monolithic black house conceals internal courtyard containing a single tree
Apollo Architects and Associates has designed Umber, a house in Tokyo clad in black aluminium-zinc alloy coated steel with a hidden courtyard. More
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Apollo Architects & Associates hides courtyard behind Cover House's metal facade
A windowless wall punctured by a giant void projects from this steel-clad Japanese house near Tokyo, creating a secret "exterior living room". More
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Apollo Architects completes earthquake-resistant house with a hat-like roof
A pointy wooden roof tops this concrete house in Tokyo, which led Apollo Architects & Associates to name the building Hat. More
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Gaze house in Japan also contains a gallery for displaying the client's art collection
Apollo Architects & Associates has completed a top-heavy building in Japan's Aichi Prefecture containing both an art gallery and a family residence (+ slideshow). More
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Ark-inspired house by Apollo Architects features a symmetrical layout
Apollo Architects & Associates named this Tokyo house after Noah's Ark because it features a symmetrical floor plan and a pointed wooden roof. More
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Nord house by Apollo Architects boasts a spacious loft room for children to play in
A spacious loft room bordered by a slender handrail is located beneath the steeply sloping wooden rafters of this Tokyo house by Apollo Architects & Associates (+ slideshow). More
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Apollo Architects creates spaces for artwork and cars in raw concrete Grigio house
This raw concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates as a family home for a couple whose interests include contemporary art and cars (+ slideshow). More
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Wave is a surfer's house with a protruding windowless facade and a secret courtyard
This top-heavy white house in Kanagawa, Japan, was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a keen surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More
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Trellis canopy shades courtyard of Pergola house by Apollo Architects
Wooden ceiling beams extend beyond the walls of this boxy black house in Japan by Apollo Architects & Associates, creating a canopy above a secluded entrance courtyard (+ slideshow). More
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Apollo Architects specifies concrete and plastic for Frame house in Tokyo
Apollo Architects & Associates swapped timber frames for concrete and fibre-reinforced plastic to reduce the cost of building this house and studio for a fashion photographer in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Switch by Apollo Architects gives a new home to an 85-year-old restaurant
This narrow building in Tokyo by local studio Apollo Architects & Associates accommodates an 85-year-old restaurant within its base, while its upper floor is a residence with a cantilevered balcony (+ slideshow). More
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House with a hair salon hidden at the back by Apollo Architects & Associates
A high-end hair salon and family home are separated by a courtyard planted with a single tree in this building designed by Tokyo firm Apollo Architects & Associates in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu (+ slideshow). More
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Concrete Calm house by Apollo Architects designed to accommodate exchange students
This concrete house in Tokyo was designed by Japanese firm Apollo Architects & Associates for a family that regularly accommodates foreign exchange students (+ slideshow). More
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Alley by Apollo Architects & Associates
Japanese studio Apollo Architects and Associates arranged the spaces of this tall, angular house in Tokyo to frame views of the nearby Skytree observation tower (+ slideshow). More
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Arrow by Apollo Architects & Associates
A long white staircase leads straight to the top floor of this small house in Tokyo by Japanese office Apollo Architects & Associates. More
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Neut by Apollo Architects & Associates
This house in Tokyo by Apollo Architects & Associates has skylights in the roof and holes in the floor plates, allowing daylight to reach right down to the basement (+ slideshow). More
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Flag by Apollo Architects & Associates
This narrow house on a high street in Tokyo by Apollo Architects & Associates features a glazed ground-floor gallery (+ slideshow). More
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Still by Apollo Architects & Associates
This house for a surgeon in Chiba, Japan, by Apollo Architects & Associates contains courtyards with elevated wooden walkways and glass walls behind its thick concrete exterior (+ slideshow). More
