New Japan architecture projects with contemporary building news and high-quality architectural images, plus architects background. Japanese building news from across this Far East Asian country on the Pacific Ocean.
Take a look at Layered Office, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture property by NoMaDoS. This is a plan to rebrand and renovate the headquarters of a company supporting the well-known tile projects of Morioka City buildings.
Maruno Corporation has been engaged in tile projects for almost 90 years since its inception. Its headquarters building has a history of 50 years, accumulating long-term technology and history.
Finally we show The Ohori Terrace in Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island by rhythmdesign. This is a wooden building that harmonizes with Ohori park’s abundant nature. The designer’s vision required a clean structure.
The entire building is covered with vertical louvers made of white ceramic panels. Choice of the latter has been made out of the imagery of earthenware and porcelain pieces that compose this museum’s collection.
The site looks down the calm Inland Sea of Japan and has a water conduit within. Its landscape consists of the ridgeline of the mountains and islands faced with the surface of the sea.
There are no balustrades in the Roof House. The kindergarten directors said that it would be good if this kindergarten building also had no balustrades.
Kakogawa City Office, Hyogo prefecture, Japan – design by Akira Sakamoto Architects: commercial building with meeting room and also a space for rent
A house for an industrial designer standing in a quiet residential area in metropolitan Tokyo. It was required that this house be not only private in nature but also in coexistence with the client’s feelings for his life’s work, the industrial design.
Sarou Houmura, contemporary Sapporo building in North Japan – design by Nakayama Architects: new Japanese cafe / gallery architecture photos
This is a traditional Japanese style hotel (Ryokan) in the city of Otaru. Its land area is 10,000sqm with its hotels built on the road side and on the other side of the land, it is surrounded by rivers and hills.
The client who spends their weekend in this house hoped to relieve their stress here and enjoy the nature. I tried using simple and natural materials as much as possible and enable the house to be resistant to erosion.
Bourou Noguchi Noboribetsu Hotel, renovation project by Nakayama Architects of large hotel at Noboribetsu Onsen, a famous hot spring resort in Japan
Boukyo House: Japanese residential architecture design by Nakayama Architects – contemporary home in Japan, information and photos
This is a house located in the north east of Sakai City, built for a couple in their 30s with one child (to be precise, the child was not yet born at the time of planning).
Located at an altitude of approximately 400 meters, the premise in Onitori is nestled in the corner of an agricultural settlement on the eastern side of the Ikoma Mountain Range. Bordering Nara and Osaka Prefectures, the house has been constructed for a family of two.
Asahikawa Garage, Hokkaido building, Kamikawa architecture – design by Jun Igarashi Architects – contemporary Japanese garage: Hokkaido architecture
The lot is situated in a typical suburban housing development in Japan, among an array of terraced modest sites. The majority of the houses in the development are of prefabricated, two-story construction, seemingly disconnected from their surroundings.
Expo 2005 Pavilion, Aichi, Japanese architecture design by Ingarden & Ewy Architekci, Poland: Japan building images + news, interprets ‘Notice the Beauty’