Arima Guesthouse, Japan: Kobe Building

Arima Guesthouse, Japan building design by Tetsuya Matsui + Tomoko Murata, UZU: Japanese architecture old spring hot resort – development images

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.

Katsutaro Office + Factory, Miwa building

Katsutaro Office + Factory, Miwa building

The existing steel-frame building was reborn as the head office of Miwa Sohmen (Japanese vermicelli) company, design by Tetsuya Matsui + Tomoko Murata, UZU, Japan

Projection House, Japanese Design Competition

This house is an update of Plato’s cave, organized by real life projections of nature which have a strong impact on the residents living inside and the use and lay-out of the plan.

Forest Observatory Kyushu, Kirishima

Forest Observatory Kyushu, Japan, Kirishima Open Air Museum building, Japan design by Rintala Eggertsson, Architects: Japan architecture development images

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.

Mitsumura Office, Kobe-city building, Japan

Mitsumura Office, Kobe-city building, Japan

Mitsumura Office, Kobe-city, Hyogo architecture, contemporary Japanese office building design by Tadashi Suga Architect for a healthy cosmeceutical product company: office , manufacturing and research facilities.

Black House Japan, Kobe Property Images

Black House Japan

The house rests on a hill that commands a panoramic view of the Seto Inland Sea. Prior to the renovation a forest windbreak had obstructed the view of the sea from the house.

Strata House, Kobe-city Home, Japan

The Strata House is a townhouse style rental property located approximately 200meters on a hill from the Akashi Straits Bridge. The landowner, who loves living near the ocean, requested a design with “a view of the sea”.

House In Nagata, Japan: Hyogo Property

House In Nagata, Kobe-city, Japanese design by Tadashi Suga Architect

This house is located on the foot of mountains in Nagata, Kobe. This location indicates a typical landform of this city, which is surrounded by mountains on the north and coastlines on the south.

Casa Wakasa, Osaka Home: Japan House Images

Casa Wakasa - Osaka Home

The house attempts to be both a reflection into contemporary Japan’s family life (sense of family vs. privacy) as well as a solution to balance individual freedom and space with collective activities and time.