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Japan architecture design

Japan architecture designs and architects

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.

House in Toguchi, Japan property

January 29, 2024October 31, 2023 by Georgina Gray
House in Toguchi

Sakai Architects designed this house for an emergency medicine physician and beautician couple with three children and a dog: the home with a small hair salon overlooks the Pacific Ocean on Amami Oshima Island, Japan.

Categories Japan architecture design Tags House designs property

Layered Office, Iwate Prefecture, Japan

September 23, 2023September 20, 2023 by Daniel
Layered Office Iwate Prefecture Japan

NoMaDoS present Layered Office in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, which uses the concept of tiles, with history “covering” and “stacking” like tiles, creating multiple layers to the building

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Interior designs architects, Office building designs

Sumu Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

August 7, 2024July 13, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Sumu Yakushima Yakushima Island Japan

The Sumu Yakushima regenerative architecture project in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, was designed by tono Inc. with the idea of not only reducing damage to the environment, but also changing the environment in a positive way with a view to improving it for fungi bacteria in the soil

Categories Japan architecture design Tags House designs property

Ohori Terrace, Fukuoka, Japan property

July 6, 2023June 23, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Ohori Terrace Fukuoka Japan

Ohori Terrace is a wooden building that harmonizes with Ohori park’s abundant nature so you can enjoy its view in Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island, Japan. In rhythmdesign.Ltd. minds, realizing this vision would require a clean structure

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Pavilion building designs

Yamaikarashi Nursery School, Niigata, Japan

April 19, 2024June 23, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Yamaikarashi Nursery School Niigata Japan

The Takeru Shoji Architects Co designed Yamaikarashi Nursery School is located at the end of a winding pathway, atop of a sand dune, this single-story wooden building filled with characterful rooms and recesses provides a diverse base for children in Niigata, Japan

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Nursery school building, School building designs

Knit House, modern Japan property

June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Knit House Nagano Japan

Designed by UID architects, Knit House is built on a slope stretching from the mountainside to the base of the mountain, where there has been residential development since the 1970s. While the site is located near the centre of Nagano, Japan, the area is abundant with greenery and nature

Categories Japan architecture design Tags House designs property

Y-House in Fukui, Japan property

October 21, 2023June 16, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Y-House Fukui Japan

When designing Y-House in Fukui, Japan, Baum’s priority was given to enjoying the change of four seasons by installing a large window on the road side rather than worrying about to be seen because only nearby residents pass by the road in front of the house and there is a difference in elevation

Categories Japan architecture design Tags House designs property

Dogo Hakuro Hotel, Matsuyama, Japan

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Dogo Hakuro Hotel Matsuyama Japan

Located on the hilltop of the nationally-renowned Dogo hot spring area Japan, the CHIASMA FACTORY, DOGO HAKURO hotel opened as a captivating “hot spring lifestyle hotel” in July 2020, following the client’s vision to revitalize his three hotels in the neighbourhood

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Hotel buildings architects

Tsuchinao Shikki in Fukui, Japan

August 26, 2023May 8, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Tsuchinao Shikki Fukui Japan

An old warehouse has been renovated by Baum, into a directly managed store of a company Tsuchinao Shikki that produces and sells Echizen lacquerware in Fukui, Japan

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Commercial building news

PeacoQ House, Hiroshima, Japan property

February 12, 2023February 11, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
PeacoQ House Hiroshima

Designed by UID Architects, PeacoQ House is for a family of three built on the northern corner lot of a gently-curving, tiered residential land in Hiroshima, Japan

Categories Japan architecture design Tags House designs property

Santo Shop, Hiroshima, Japan

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
Santo Shop Hiroshima Japan

UID Architects designed santo is an open factory that invites the public to participate in manufacturing and a shop that sells Sangyo’s unique products in Hiroshima, Japan

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Commercial building news

House for G, Chiba, Japan Property

May 13, 2023February 3, 2023 by Isabelle Lomholt
House for G Chiba Japan

kurosawa kawara-ten designed House for G, a weekend house for an elderly couple on a site with a steep slope which was the edge of a suburban detached housing complex in Kisaradu Chiba, Japan

Categories Japan architecture design Tags House designs property, Interior designs architects

ZOZO Headquarters, Chiba, Japan building

August 31, 2023December 24, 2022 by Isabelle Lomholt
ZOZO Headquarters Chiba Japan

In designing the ZOZO headquarters building Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, Takenaka Corporation’s aim was to create a “regionally integrated office” that will grow with Chiba, Japan, based on a vision of the city itself

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Commercial building news

TAKENAKA Clinic, Nagoya, Japan

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022 by Isabelle Lomholt
TAKENAKA Clinic Nagoya Japan

TSC Architects’ client of the TAKENAKA Clinic, Japan, is a doctor who sees more than 3,000 patients in the area every month. He wanted a building with the warmth of wood. This a desire to be a place where everyone who came to the hospital could feel at ease

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Health centre buildings

Jins Park Community Building, Maebashi Japan

September 7, 2022September 5, 2022 by Isabelle Lomholt
Jins Park Community Building Maebashi Japan

Yuko Nagayama and Associates began the Jins Park Community Building, Maebashi, Japan, by reversing the typical layout of roadside stores, with a parking lot located in front, and instead located the parking lot behind the building

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Commercial building news

TOTETSU Training Institute, Ibaraki Japan

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 by Isabelle Lomholt
TOTETSU Training Institute Ibaraki Japan

MOTIVE Inc created a wayfinding system at the Totetsu Training Institute, Japan, built to help preserve its legacy of unique expertise, enhance its technological prowess, and develop highly capable human resources

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Commercial building news

Japanese Architecture Tour: Japan buildings guide

May 20, 2025August 1, 2022 by David McManus
Aoyama Technical College Building by makoto architect

Our Japanese guided tours are all tailored to suit each booking, we do not allow for bookings to be joined. Our guided tours in Japan are all exclusive to each client.

Categories Japan architecture design Tags Architecture tours guides
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