Fuji Kindergarten Building, The Roof House Japan

The request from the kindergarten directors was extremely simple in content: “we want you to make a Roof House for five hundred kindergarten pupils.” We had been introduced by Kashiwa Sato, a creative director who loves the Roof House. The Roof House is a work we completed in 2001.

Namba Parks Osaka Building, Japan

Namba Parks, Osaka building, Japan design by The Jerde Partnership: Japanese Rrtail & leisure project at 3.7 hectare site of the former Nankai Stadium

Seashore Shell House, Chiba Property

Seashore Shell House, innovative Japan residence design by Takeshi Hirobe Architects: Chiba property photos by Koichi Torimura, contemporary Japanese residential building: architecture news and information.

Kikuchi pocket park, Japan: Kumamoto

Three small parks are made in an old downtown with a long history. The history and the environment (region) each place are made a clue, and we try the creation of an architectural experiment and a new landscape.

House_Sz, Japan, Building, Architect, Images

House_Sz – an open residence inwards and out – House Sz is a residence designed for a couple in their thirties. The goal was to provide a living environment with a rich atmosphere that is open, inwards and out, through the implementation of two different courtyards.

Otonoha School, Ibaraki Building: UZU Japan

Otonoha School Japan: Ibaraki architecture by Tetsuya Matsui + Tomoko Murata, UZU. The deck in the south connects to the big stairs and the green slope where a school teacher planted clovers and the field.

SHELL villa Japan home by ARTechnic

SHELL villa Japan property by ARTechnic architects

SHELL house in Japan. A large shell shaped structure finds itself in the middle of the woods. It is hard to determine what exactly the structure is, and unlike the surrounding caves and rocks, it clearly is not a part of nature – nor is it a ruin.