Hokusutsu Polygon House by Fujiwaramuro Architects takes full advantage of its unique site. The property faces a greenbelt across the road with a two‑meter difference in elevation. The design team wanted to use this greenbelt as a…
The Drawer Balcony House, designed by Naf Architect & Design, showcases a distinctive approach to urban living in a densely populated area. Located on a compact 99 sqm lot with a 6-meter frontage, this house creatively maximizes…
The site is long and narrow from north to south, with a difference in elevation from the road. We can use it openly and spaciously because the line of sight from people and cars coming and going…
This is a lakeside cottage designed by SUGAWARADAISUKE Architects at Nojiri-ko (Lake). The design target is generating a new lifestyle in the midst of natural landscape by recomposing relationship between nature, building, objects and human beings.
This is an interior renovation project of an existing two-story timber structure house in Tokyo which was built approximately 40 years ago. The clients, a young couple and the wife’s parents, were already living here before the renovation.
By valuing a long-established, traditional construction method in Japan as well as natural materials, we aimed to design a sustainable indoor environment for the Arakabe house. Lawns with rich green plants are located on the south and…
Perched on the edge of a cliff on Japan’s remote Ikema Island, this house provides a meditative retreat with expansive views of the East China Sea. Built of concrete to withstand extreme weather, the architects detailed the…
