Japan
Hair salon with an exposed ceiling and twisting lights by Sides Core
Yuko Nagayama floats an apartment above a patisserie in Japan
Translucent fabric divides Aesop store in Kyoto by Simplicity
Cedar-clad villa by Naka Studio shelters a huge terrace beneath its roof
Kengo Kuma stacks wooden layers inside office and cafe
Ryo Matsui’s Hairdo salon has a transparent house-shaped facade
Silver dome constructed at a Japanese music college
Green Edge House by mA-style Architects has a hidden garden around its perimeter
Concrete Calm house by Apollo Architects designed to accommodate exchange students
Bright white clinic by Ryutaro Matsuura with concealed windows and patios
Long Window House by Another Apartment has no windows or doors on its front
House in Ōiso with walls covered in roofing material by Atelier HAKO Architects
Yang Zhao completes fishermen’s pavilion for Toyo Ito’s post-tsunami reconstruction project
Micro house by Yasutaka Yoshimura slotted between two huge windows
Jun Igarashi’s Case house comes with two twisting staircases
Atelier Tekuto creates an angular house with a pattern of pointy skylights
Four-storey house with tree-lined balconies by Ryo Matsui Architects
Concrete homes patterned with formwork holes by Atelier HAKO Architects
House by Kazuhiko Kishimoto has a public seating deck and gallery underneath
House N by Tomohiro Hata is based on a traditional Japanese vernacular
Hiroyuki Shinozaki’s House I features stone walls surrounding a ribbed dome
Suppose Design Office’s House of Tousuienn has translucent plastic walls
House in Yagi containing an indoor courtyard by Suppose Design Office
