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post updated 11 Jan 2021
Building Designs in Japan
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Japanese Building Designs. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across Japan. The focus is on contemporary Japanese buildings but information on traditional Japanese buildings is also welcome.
We have 8 pages of Japanese Architecture selections with links to hundreds of individual properties project pages.
Japanese Architecture : news + key projects
Japanese Buildings : A-D
Japanese Architecture Designs : E-G
Japanese Building Developments : H-I
Japanese Architecture Developments : J-L
Japanese Building Designs : M-N (this page)
Japanese Architectural Designs : O-R
Contemporary Japanese Buildings : S-Z
Architectural Designs in Japan
New Architecture Designs in Japan – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:
Meiso no Mori – funeral hall, Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu
Design: Toyo Ito
photo from architect
Meiso no Mori Municipal Funeral Hall
Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre, Matsumoto-shi, Nagano
Design: Toyo Ito
photo : Hiroshi Ueda
Performing Arts Centre
Musashino Art University Building
Design: Sou Fujimoto Architects
photograph from architect
Musashino Art University Building
This library project was designed for one of the distinguished art universities in Japan. It involved designing a new library building and refurbishing the existing building into an art gallery, which will ultimately create a new integration of the Library and the Art Gallery.
Major Architecture Designs in Japan, alphabetical:
Memorial Hall building, Yamaguchi
Design: K.Associates
photo © Hitoyuki Hitai
Yamaguchi building
Although it is an alumni hall, it is a place not just for alumnireunions but also for the discussion of cutting-edge themes in the field of medicine. It houses facilities for conferences, meetings, research seminars and lectures. Students, faculty and employees of the university can also come here to relax.
The Meridian line Ferry Terminal
Design: K.Associates
photo © Hitoyuki Hitai
Akashi Ferry Terminal
This building is intended to be a terminal for a ferry line linking Awaji Island to the mainland. Functionally, it is quite simple and consists of two spaces: a waiting hall with a ticket counter and toilets and a passageway leading to the gate where tickets are presented before boarding.
Millennium Tower, Tokyo
Design: Foster + Partners
image : Foster + Partners
Millennium Tower Tokyo
The Millennium Tower in Tokyo presented a timely solution to the social challenges of vast urban expansion and the mixed-use vertical city demonstrated that high-density living can lead to an improved quality of life. Located in a region notorious for hurricane-strength wind forces and earthquakes, the tower’s conical structure is inherently stable.
Mitsumura Office, Kobe-city
Design: Tadashi Suga Architect
photo: Yoshiharu Matsumura
Mitsumura Office
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
Design: Tange Associates Architects
photo : Koji Horiuchi
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
Montblanc house, Nagoya city
Design: studio velocity, architects
photograph from architect
Montblanc house
Mountains & Opening House
Design: EASTERN design office
photograph : Koichi Torimrua
Mountains & Opening House
Museum of Hiroshige Ando, Batou
Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates
image : Mitsumasa Fujitsuka
Museum of Hiroshige Ando – no link
Nagoya University Building, central Japan
Iida archiship studio
photo : Ken’ichi Suzuki
Nagoya University Building
Namba Parks, Osaka
The Jerde Partnership
photo from architects
Namba Parks
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, north Japan
molo + d/dt Architect + Frank la Rivière Architect
photo : Shigeo Ogawa
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse
Nexus Kashi III, Fukuoka
Martha Schwartz
picture © Wade Zimmerman
Nexus Japan
The Number House, Osaka
Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Assocs
picture from architect
The Number House
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Japanese Building Designs – No Images
Architecture Designs – M-R, alphabetical:
Magritte’s House, Tokyo
2005
Atelier Tekuto
Matsumoto headquarters, Okayamao
–
David Chipperfield Architects
Mid Town Tower, Minato-ku, Tokyo
2007
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
248m high
Midland Square – tower, Meieki distric, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya
–
Nikken Sekkei
Mihara Cultural Centre, Mihara, Hiroshima
2007
Maki And Associates
Miki House New Office Building, Osaka, Japan
1985-91
Kisho Kurokawa
Minami Yamashiro Primary School, Kyoto
–
Richard Rogers Partnership
Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, nr Sendai
2008
Atelier Hitoshi Abe
Mode-Gakuen Spiral Towers, Nagoya City
2008
Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Monsoon Restaurant, Sapporo, Japan
1990
Zaha Hadid Architects
Monument to Time, Oshima
–
Benson & Forsyth Architects
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
–
Gluckman Mayner
Moriyama House – housing, Tokyo
2005
Ryue Nishizawa
Mukogawa Women’s University, Nishinomiya City
2008
Nikken Sekkei Ltd
Museum, Tokyo, Japan
–
David Chipperfield Architects
Museum of Hiroshige Ando, Batou
2000
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Museum of Natural Science, Niigata
–
Tezuka Architects
Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya
1983-87
Kisho Kurokawa
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1970-72
Kisho Kurokawa
Nara City Museum of Photography, Nara
1989-91
Kisho Kurokawa
National Bunraku Theater, Osaka, Japan
1979-83
Kisho Kurokawa
National Gallery in Tokyo, Roppongi, Tokyo
2000-05
Kisho Kurokawa
National Gymnasium, Yoyogi Park, Tokyo
1961-64
Kenzo Tange
The National Institute for Japanese Language, Tachikawa, Tokyo
2004
Maki And Associates
National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
1973-77
Kisho Kurokawa
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
1959
Le Corbusier
Natural Ellipse – House, Tokyo
2003
Endoh Design House
Natural Illuminance – House, Tokyo
1999
Endoh Design House
Natural Science Museum
2004
Tezuka Architects
Natural Slats – House, Tokyo
2002
Endoh Design House
Natural Strips – House, Shibuya, Tokyo
2005
Endoh Design House + MIAS, Tokyo
Nexus Housing, Fukuoka
1991
Rem Koolhaas Architect / OMA
N-Project Gasoline Station, Nagano
1992
Klein Dytham Architect
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Location: Japan, Asia
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Buildings / photos for the Japanese Architecture Design page welcome
