Springer's Blog Posts Tagged 'Japan' (34)

A narrow space winds through the center of the House in Sayo by FujiwaraMuro Architects.  As it moves through the home, it transforms its function from relaxation to study to reading to…

House & Garden is a five-storey residence in Tokyo designed by Ryue Nishizawa, one half of Japanese architectural partnership…

Za Koenji Public Theater is the work of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito.  Located in the Suginami…

The Leaf Chapel is a small wedding chapel tucked into the grounds of the Risonare Resort in Kobuchizawa, Japan.  Architecture firm…

From the time she was a young girl, the family's daughter played in the yard and climbed its two trees.  As an adult, she and her husband wanted to build and live in an extension on her parents' home.  Instead of simply tearing out the trees that stood next to the home for 35…

On the edge of a residential area where the road curves sits the House on the Other Side by Japan’s FujiwaraMuro Architects.  The house in Muko City, Kyoto is inhabited by two married…

Situated in Osaka, Japan, House of Cedar evokes the feeling of being in a forest.  Japanese practice Suga Atelier developed a new structural system for the house that uses wooden framing and steel bolts.  The result is an open, warm atmosphere…

Sunwell Muse Kitasando is the office building and showroom for a textile planning and trading company.  Since the company had been focusing on female apparel, the architecture by…

OH Residence is a beautiful wooden house that sits in a quiet residential district in Osaka, Japan.  Designed by Japanese practice Koseki Architect Office, the small side garden is…

On the surface, nothing about Spiralab by Japanese firm KINO architects appears to actually spiral.  But it indeed does, only in a more subtle and profound way than can been seen on the surface.

The client, a materials development…

This graceful, curved structure is a dwelling designed by Atelier Tekuto, and constructed using their unique Earth Bricks.  Traditional cement…

With a look that is reminiscent of a giant warped lego, the House in Kohoku by Torafu Architects is a simple one-storey home with a loft space.  The roof is composed of three “tubes,” each topped with a window.  The…

There’s no running around naked in this house!

House NA by Sou Fujimoto Architects is a 914 square-foot transparent house.  It is comprised of 21 individual floor plates ranging from 18 to 21 square-feet, which can be used as…

This unique design by Japanese firm Suppose Design Office is an ultra-modern take on traditional pit-dwelling houses.  The main floor of the House in Saijo is partially underground,…

House Folded is a modestly sized 100-square-meter residence in Osaka, Japan, built for a couple and their cats. 

Japanese architecture firm Alphaville aimed to create a “structurally rational but spatially heterogeneous…

Japanese practice Tezuka Architects aims to tear down the boundaries between internal and external – between built and natural environments – with their project…

The fun, playground-like interior design of House K is the result of an effort to balance the aesthetic desires of the client with the environmental requirements of Hokkaido, Japan.  The client wanted an interior with an open floor plan, in addition to a design that invoked the feeling of home…

This home is not for those with frail health! 

Japanese firm Naf Architect & Design has created 3 Way House, a single family residence for a couple with two children. …

In traditional homes, bedrooms (and maybe a bathroom if you’re lucky) constitute the only private – or sometimes only semi-private – space within a home.  The rest of the living space is communal.  House with Empty…

Slipped into a 7 x 50 meter site, the Slit House challenges the traditional notion of large glass-filled windows.  A 105 meter wall wraps around the site, slashed with sixty 140 mm wide slits.  The architecture by…