Continuing our parametricism series, we look at the futuristic Yokohama International Port Terminal designed by Foreign Office Architects, which was one of the first high-profile parametric buildings. More about Yokohama International Port Terminal "first major" parametric building
Tokyo studio Key Operation has completed an apartment building in Yokohama covered with thin concrete panels that create a random pattern of light and shadow across the facades. More about Key Operation clads Kannai Blade Residence with narrow concrete fins
Japanese practice Hibinosekkei has completed a nursery in Yokohama, which features plywood-lined interiors and house-shaped openings set into its dark facades. More about House-shaped windows puncture perforated metal facades of Yokohama nursery
Arched doorways and shuttered windows give this Japanese residence by Takushu Arai the appearance of an oversized playhouse (+ slideshow). More about Arched openings cut through walls of Takushu Arai's steel-plated house in Yokohama
Tokyo architecture studio Sinato added a L-shaped wall into the centre of this apartment in Japan to partition off space for two new bedrooms (+ slideshow). More about Sinato hides two bedrooms behind an L-shaped wall in Fujigaoka M apartment
Some of the concrete walls of this house in Yokohama, Japan, by Tai and Associates were formed against wooden planks, while some have been rendered white and others have been left plain (+ slideshow). More about House in Shinoharadai by Tai and Associates
From the outside this house in Nagoya by Japanese architect Tetsuo Kondo looks like a pile of overlapping boxes, but inside it opens up to form one big bright space (+ slideshow). More about House in Chayagasaka by Tetsuo Kondo Architects
With a terrace sheltered beneath its overhanging eaves, this building by Japanese architects Kakuro Odagi and Daisuke Narushima functions as an information centre for prefabricated show homes in Yokohama (+ slideshow). More about ABC Center House by Kakuro Odagi and Daisuke Narushima
This wooden house in Yokohama by Japanese architects Suppose Design Office has a garden behind its walls and a roof terrace beneath a ceiling. More about House in Seya by Suppose Design Office
Readers have been discussing "the abundance of introverted architecture that is coming out of Japan" recently, so here's another Japanese house that blocks all views to and from the street but still draws light and air inside. More about MUR by Apollo Architects & Associates
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
Every room in this Japanese house by architect Tetsuo Kondo leads to a little garden More about House with Gardens by Tetsuo Kondo
Tokyo-based architects Torafu have designed this family home in Yokohama, Japan.