This house on the outskirts of Ise, Japan is by architects EASTERN design office and has been raised on a concrete block to afford views of the sea. More about A House Awaiting Death by EASTERN Design Office
This house with a pool on its first-floor terrace is by Japanese firm NRM-Architects Office and overlooks a stream in Hyougo, Japan. More about Residence in Kurakuen by NRM-Architects Office
Japanese architect Hiroyuki Miyabe of Speac Inc. has renovated this house covered in ivy by stripping it back to its structural elements.
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Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects and Associates have completed this one-person house with a tobacco shop on the ground floor in Osaka, Japan. More about A Small Tobacco Shop by Avehideshi Architects and Associates
This renovation of a house in Tokyo by Keiji Ashizawa Design involved creating a courtyard through the upper storeys. More about Skycourt by Keiji Ashizawa Design
This house in Hiroshima by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office is surrounded by an offset concrete shell to create a series of triangular terraces between the inner and outer walls. More about House in Minamimachi 3 by Suppose Design Office
Japanese office Ninkipen have completed this office in Osaka with a facade of aluminum louvres that appear to bubble. More about Mole by Ninkipen!
Japanese designer Masato Sekiya elevated this house so that it would fit over the humped site in Ashiya, Japan. More about Lifted House by Masato Sekiya
A central staircase rises through split levels in this narrow house in Osaka by Japanese architect Shintaro Fujiwara. More about A House in Showa-cho by Shintaro Fujiwara
Japanese architect Shunichiro Ninomiy of NRM-Architects Office has used an atrium and small pool of water to admit light indirectly to the ground floor of this east-facing home in Osaka, Japan. More about House with Tiny Pool by NRM-Architects Office
Japanese firm Avehideshi Architects and Associates have completed this house in Osaka, Japan, with a staircase that wraps around the house's internal perimeter. More about Small House with Big Spiral Staircase by Avehideshi Architects
Japanese firm Mount Fuji Architects Studio have completed this house in Tokyo, Japan, made from a series of wooden arches gradually rising in height as they pivot around a central column. More about Tree House by Mount Fuji Architects Studio
This shop in Fukuoka, Japan, by Japanese designer Koichi Futatsumata of Case-Real can be converted into a gallery or party venue by rapidly dismantling the display stands. More about 9 Department Store and Gallery by Case-Real
Japanese designer Chikara Ohno of Sinato has installed coils of aluminium sheeting at the Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama in Tokyo. More about Rolls by Sinato
Japanese architects Coo Planning have created this house in Osaka, Japan, with an interior on stepped levels entirely finished in timber boards. More about House in Hamadera by Coo Planning
Japanese studio Kazuya Saito Architects have completed this wood-framed house on a narrow site in Tokyo, Japan. More about House Shimouma by Kazuya Saito Architects
This house in Takarazuka city by Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office has a studio supported above the residence on two mounds of crushed marble. More about Mountains and Opening House by EASTERN Design Office
This long narrow house in Okinawa, Japan, by Japanese studio Shinichi Ogawa & Associates is divided lengthways into a courtyard and living space. More about Minimalist House by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
Japanese architect Toru Shimokawa of STAD clad this shop selling eels in burnt and carbonised cedar. More about Unagi by STAD
This building for Tokyo by Japanese architects Geneto will be cloaked in steel mesh with ivy growing over it. More about Ivy Building by Geneto