Japanese architects N Maeda Atelier designed this cool house in Yokohama, Japan with a fluid silhouette that flashes forward to the distant future. Dubbed Celluloid Jam, this ultramodern house has a continuous exterior with no visible joints, no breaks, and ... Continue >
Talk about a beacon of light in the architecture world! This modern light box house sits in the peaceful residential pocket of Tosuien in Hiroshima, surrounded by a sea of more traditional style residences. Japanese architecture firm Suppose Design Office ... Continue >
The XYZ House, by modern Japanese architects naf architect and design inc., isn't quite what you'd expect to find tucked away in this infill residential community here in Tokyo, but funnily enough, the unexpected is precisely what we've come to ... Continue >
We always say that Japanese architecture has a certain, unexpected quality about it, but Mirai Nihon House takes that sentiment to a new level in more ways than one. Designed by advertising company TBWA\HAKUHODO (yes, you heard right - we ... Continue >
This mobile modular home inspired by Japanese architecture was made for the flexible family. Affordable and totally customizable, this unique housing concept by MIMA Architecture is literally made to order. These prefab cottages are designed based on your chosen location, ... Continue >
This natural light house plan is a must-see. We love the ever-evolving, innovative ideas behind Japanese architecture, and the Daylight House certainly strays from the usual, the expected, dare we say, the boring. This interesting house by Japanese architecture firm ... Continue >
This open air home designed by Japanese architecture firm KINO Architects isn't just about what's built up, but it's as much about the negative space. The Airhole House boasts roadways to the south and east, a field to the west ... Continue >
This sky high house plan by Japanese architecture firm Kimihiko Okada certainly raises the standard of modern living! Designed as a series of platforms with a central interior courtyard, this raised house plan in Hiroshima boasts a distant view of ... Continue >
Here’s a dramatic home design that offers a touch of the unexpected. Though dubbed the “Ordinary House,” this unusual home by Japanese architecture firm FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects is anything but ordinary. Interestingly, the home is located in a cookie-cutter neighborhood ... Continue >
If you seek small smart homes, this Tokyo area design does not disappoint! The innovative architects at IDEA Office are the brains behind Y-House – striking Japanese architecture that maximizes every inch of its urban house plan. This small Japanese ... Continue >
Architect David Jameson was inspired by a tea house idea when he developed this subtle yet stunning meditation house plan. Consisting of a volume suspended within a frame, Japanese architecture inspired this glass and steel home as a space for ... Continue >
Japanese architect Yasutaka Yoshimura designed this riverfront cottage in the small fishing village of Sajima, Japan, built about as close as you can get to the waterfront without getting your feet wet. Adjacent to an old sea wall, this triangle ... Continue >
We love Japanese architecture design, and here is a prime example of why. This creative, future-forward design in Tokyo by Japan architecture firm Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design is playful, but seriously artistic – not typical of a bank! From ... Continue >
This incredible linear house design in Okinawa is by Japanese architecture firm Shinichi Ogawa & Associates. Long and lean, this linear house is simple through and through. Its exterior features four white rectangular concrete slabs, plus one for the roof, ... Continue >
This awesome barn style home design is a unique workshop / home in Hamamatsu City by Japanese architecture firm Yukiharu Suzuki & Associates. This industrial-chic house has a “homey” twist that makes it an inspiring working and living space. This ... Continue >
