Japanese studio Tato Architects designed the interior of this house in Osaka as a single room containing angular platforms that perform multiple functions and are connected by a spiralling sequence of wooden steps. More about Platforms function as tables and shelves inside Tato Architects' House in Miyamoto
Japanese studio Snark Architectures has renovated an apartment at the base of a mountain outside Tokyo, taking cues from the design of traditional cabins to create a wood-lined home for a couple who enjoy climbing and trekking. More about Snark Architectures borrows cabin aesthetic for apartment renovation near Mount Takao
Windowless concrete walls obscure the view from one side of this home designed by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates in the Japanese prefecture of Kanagawa, while glazing and a cantilevering infinity pool make the most of sea vistas from the other. More about Windowless facade obscures seaside home in Kanagawa by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
A chimney-like tower covered in white tiles rises in the courtyard of this house in Shiga, Japan, which architect Kouichi Kimura has designed for the owner to host yoga classes. More about Japanese house by Kouichi Kimura includes white-tiled courtyard for yoga
Hundreds of thousands of wooden shingles cover the contoured form of this pavilion in the grounds of Japan's Shinshoji Zen Museum and Gardens, which is designed to evoke the shape of a ship's hull. More about Sandwich creates "ship-shaped" art pavilion in Fukuyama to commemorate deaths at sea
Rooflights, pale tiles and glossy flooring are among the tweaks that Apollo Architects & Associates made to a family home in Toyko to give it a light-filled living, kitchen and dining room. More about Apollo Architects' minimal renovation aims to keep the atmosphere of an old family home in Tokyo
Oblong windows with pivoting glazing cut through the striking white walls of this minimal five-storey office block in Japan's Aichi Prefecture, designed by local architects Yoshihiro Kato Atelier. More about Oblong windows puncture concrete office block by Yoshihiro Kato Atelier
Japanese studio Form designed this top-heavy home for a family in Tokyo, placing their living spaces in an elevated volume that overhangs a gallery for its apron-designer owner. More about Bright white living spaces overhang gallery in top-heavy Tokyo house by Form
American studio TakaTina has created a stark family home on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring bright white interiors inspired by the client's previous Brooklyn loft apartment and an inky black exterior. More about Black corrugated metal encases loft-inspired Tokyo house by TakaTina
Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has completed a house in Hiroshima, featuring a circular concrete and wood path that loops through both the building and the garden. More about House in Mukainada is a Hiroshima home that straddles a circular path
One of the best-known projects of SANAA co-founder Ryue Nishizawa has been recreated inside London's Barbican as part of an exhibition about Japanese housing, along with a charred timber teahouse by Terunobu Fujimori. More about Full-size houses by Ryue Nishizawa and Terunobu Fujimori built inside Japanese House exhibition at Barbican
Huge sculptural roofs made from cypress wood provide shelter for this community centre and hall, completed by architect Hiroshi Sambuichi on a small Japanese island. More about Hiroshi Sambuichi creates sculptural roofs over Naoshima community centre
A steep wooden roof covers the staggered levels of this family house in the Japanese city of Fujieda by architect Yoshiyasu Mizuno, concealing its full scale from certain angles. More about Yoshiyasu Mizuno uses sharply angled roof to disguise scale of Terada House
A wavy plywood roof undulates above the glass-walled rooms of this nursery in Japan's Yamanashi prefecture. More about Takashige Yamashita creates nursery with curving timber roof near Mount Fuji
Japanese studio CAPD has used large wooden boxes to created rooms and mezzanine floors within a house in Tokushima Prefecture (+ slideshow). More about Wooden boxes define rooms and mezzanines in Loft House by CAPD
This cluster of tent-like structures was designed by Tokyo architect Issei Suma to provide meals and accommodation to the elderly residents of a small Japanese community (+ slideshow). More about Teepee-shaped buildings by Issei Suma house community kitchen and spiral-shaped pool
A pointy wooden roof tops this concrete house in Tokyo, which led Apollo Architects & Associates to name the building Hat. More about Apollo Architects completes earthquake-resistant house with a hat-like roof
Chinese studio MAD has draped a "skin" of white asphalt shingles over the wooden structure of an old house in Japan's Aichi Prefecture to create a kindergarten with a curving roofline (+ slideshow). More about MAD transforms Japanese house into curvaceous kindergarten with a slide along one wall
Osaka studio Sides Core has created a house in Kobe, conceived as a series of simple wooden containers (+ slideshow). More about House in Mikage by Sides Core contrasts white surfaces with exposed wooden beams
Wooden crosses mark the entrances to this house in Japan, which features an intentionally complicated layout designed by Alts Design Office to create more privacy for residents (+ slideshow). More about Uji House by Alts Design Office features a deliberately complex layout