A wooden floor that curves up to become a wall allows light and air to flow through this bathhouse by Japanese studio Kubo Tsushima Architects. More about Kubo Tsushima Architects creates curved cedar interior inside Japanese bathhouse
The concrete walls of this Tokyo house were designed by architect Hugo Kohno to step in and out, giving the building extra structural support while creating built-in shelves and seating (+ slideshow). More about Cranks house by Hugo Kohno features concrete walls that step in and out
Architect Junya Ishigami designed partitions with assorted curving shapes for the cloud-inspired interior of this nursery, located inside a high-rise in Atsugi, Japan (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More about Junya Ishigami creates Cloud Garden nursery with cloud-shaped walls inside a high-rise block
The couple that occupy this combined home and workspace in Tokyo each have their own domain – downstairs is a salon for a hairdresser, while upstairs contains a workspace for a writer (+ slideshow). More about Wooden house by Suzuki Architects also contains a hair salon and a writing studio
Parisian office DGT Architects aimed to condense the architectural history of Japan's houses into a single home with this elevated timber volume supported on an earth-clad base. More about DGT Architects' A House for Oiso aims to "capture the essence of Japan from all ages"
This Tokyo house and office for a funeral director has been split into three sections so that two can be removed later, in case a planned road gets built through the site (+ slideshow). More about Shingle-clad home by Starpilots can be split up to make way for a road expansion
Japanese studio Schemata has designed a shop with hanging rails that lower from the ceiling in Daikanyama, Tokyo, for sportswear brand Descente Blanc (+ slideshow). More about Clothes descend from the ceiling at Schemata Architects' Descente Blanc Tokyo store
MAMM Design has completed a two-storey residence in Kai, Japan, featuring a long mezzanine described as a street where the family can come together (+ slideshow). More about Open-plan house in Japan by MAMM Design features mezzanine "street"
Black textured walls give this seemingly windowless Tokyo residence by ARTechnic Architects a bunker-like appearance (+ slideshow). More about Angular black walls fold around SRK home in Tokyo by ARTechnic Architects
Japanese studio Niji Architects has squeezed two homes into its Town House in Takaban, which features a steeply pitched roof, windowless gables and strips of horizontal steel cladding (+ slideshow). More about Gabled townhouse in Tokyo by Niji Architects is clad in strips of white steel
The minimal interior of this house in Japan's Hyogo prefecture features a basic palette of white walls and wood surfaces aimed at providing a calm and comfortable environment for its elderly residents. More about Tsubasa Iwahashi converts a family home into a stripped-back dwelling for empty nesters
The roof of this Japanese home by Y+M Design Office has been designed to hang like a shawl, drooping over the house to cover a terrace, tea room and carport (+ slideshow). More about Shawl House by Y+M Design Office has a roof that slopes down to shelter a tea room and terrace
The upper storey of this house in Kanagawa is supported by timber beams that extend from the outer walls towards an atrium that connects the two levels (+ slideshow). More about Snark and Ouvi's house for an illustrator features exposed wooden beams
Finnish design duo Company has created a range of products combining traditional skills and designs from northern Japan with craft from Finland and has given each one a "spirit" – a person dressed in a costume to represent the soul of the object (+ slideshow). More about Company's Secrets of North Japan includes "spirit" costumes and Japanese roller-skates
The internal spaces of this house in the Japanese city of Ikoma are arranged around a full-height void that incorporates the staircase (+ slideshow). More about House in Ikoma has a central void that stretches all the way up to its pitched roof
The entrance to this white house by Osaka architecture studio IZUE is contained within a hole in the slatted wooden porch that frames a view through to the sea (+ slideshow). More about House on Awaji Island has a timber porch with a house-shaped entrance
Zaha Hadid is working with Japanese architecture and engineering firm Nikken Sekkei to win back the Tokyo Olympic stadium project after its first competition-winning design was thrown out in July (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid teams up with Nikken Sekkei to submit new bid for Tokyo 2020 stadium
The wooden frame of this two-storey family home in Japan's Shiga Prefecture is disguised by a layer of ridged steel panels (+ slideshow). More about Junichi Kato clads House in Shigaraki in dark brown-coated steel
Oak boards cover the chamfered entrance to this hair and beauty salon in Osaka, renovated by Okuwada Architects Office to look like a cave (+ slideshow). More about Okuwada gives Mook salon in Osaka an oak-panelled makeover
Square concrete frames in different sizes create four layers of rooms for this house at the foot of Japan's Mount Rokkō by Y+M Design Office (+ slideshow). More about Slide House by Y+M Design Office comprises four layers of square concrete frames