House in Horinouchi by Kota Mizuishi
This top-heavy house by Japanese architect Kota Mizuishi overlooks a river in west Tokyo. More about House in Horinouchi by Kota Mizuishi
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Gate by mihadesign
Architects mihadesign have completed a Tokyo house with sloping skylights, suspended lofts and a staircase that spirals around a wall. More about Gate by mihadesign
House M by AE5 partners
A grid of timber louvres screens the end facades of this Japanese house by architects AE5 Partners. More about House M by AE5 partners
House Folded by Alphaville
Slanted walls pierced by square peepholes bisect this house in Osaka by architects Alphaville. More about House Folded by Alphaville
Complex House by Tomohiro Hata
This house in Nagoya by Japanese architect Tomohiro Hata has five roofs that pitch in opposing directions. More about Complex House by Tomohiro Hata
Room Room by Takeshi Hosaka
Almost a hundred small square windows scattered across the walls, ceilings and roof of a house in Tokyo allow its occupants, a deaf couple and their children, to sign to each other through the walls even when the children are playing outdoors. More about Room Room by Takeshi Hosaka
Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka
Natural light diffuses into this house in Yokohama, Japan, through a grid of arched skylights in the ceiling. More about Daylight House by Takeshi Hosaka
Keyhole House by EASTERN Design Office
Japanese architects EASTERN Design Office tend to design houses with unconventional windows. Here's their latest one in Kyoto. More about Keyhole House by EASTERN Design Office
House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architects
A sloping corridor coils around the inside of a house in Osaka to connect three staggered storeys. More about House of Slope by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Branch House by KINO Architects
This house by Masahiro Kinoshita of KINO Architects comprises four blocks branching off from a central living and dining room, with an attic above each one. More about Branch House by KINO Architects
Black Slit House by Three.Ball.Cascade
Long, narrow windows cut across the sides of a house in Okayama, Japan, to reveal the locations of internal walls and floors. More about Black Slit House by Three.Ball.Cascade
Doughnut House by Naoi Architecture & Design Office
Open-plan rooms of subtly different proportions are created by an off-centre courtyard in this square house in rural Japan. More about Doughnut House by Naoi Architecture & Design Office
Sa House by Yosuke Ichii
Residents of this small Japanese house can warm their feet in a heated sunken hollow beneath the dining table. More about Sa House by Yosuke Ichii
Hi House by Yosuke Ichii
A private balcony is concealed behind the black galvanised steel exterior of this house in Yao, Japan, by architect Yosuke Ichii. More about Hi House by Yosuke Ichii
House in Kitakami by Nadamoto Yukiko Architects
You can walk up one curved staircase and down another in this family home in Kitakami by Japanese architect Yukiko Nadamoto. More about House in Kitakami by Nadamoto Yukiko Architects
House in Ropponmatsu by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Japanese firm Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates have completed a concrete house in Fukuoka that resembles a half-submerged submarine. More about House in Ropponmatsu by Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates
Kokura Tanaka House by Akinari Tanaka, POI, Nawakenjimu and Lapin
Japanese architects Akinari Tanaka, POI, Nawakenjimu and Lapin have completed this diamond-shaped house in Kokura, Japan, with a ledge in one corner for climbing up to the roof terrace. More about Kokura Tanaka House by Akinari Tanaka, POI, Nawakenjimu and Lapin
Wood Block House by Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects. More about Wood Block House by Tadashi Yoshimura Architects
The Cat House by Key Operation
This Tokyo house by Japanese architects Key Operation has been designed around the movements of the client's pet cat, writes Yuki Sumner. More about The Cat House by Key Operation
Yachiyo by Atelier Tekuto
Japanese architects Atelier Tekuto have created a house in Hayama, Japan, by wrapping two 100 year-old wooden warehouses in a new faceted skin. More about Yachiyo by Atelier Tekuto