New Tokyo architecture projects with Japanese building news and architectural images, plus architects background. Tokyo building news from across the capital city of Japan.
After decades of government-backed decentralization urban life is again being promoted in Tokyo, and residential mid-rise and high-rise towers have as a consequence begun to populate the city in large numbers.
3 stories timber structure house built in a dense residential area in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan – design by Akira Koyama + Key Operation Inc.
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, which contains 3 vocational schools with approximately 10,000 students, is an innovative educational facility located in Tokyo’s distinctive Nishi-Shinjuku high-rise district.
This project is a formation of two different buildings; the main building has a limestone curtainwall façade of slit-windows that angles rhythmically like a folding screen, and in contrast to this, the smaller corner building is an entirely glass volume.
House in Inokashira, Tokyo property design by STUDIO・NOA architect ＆ associates: situated on a very narrow plot, bound by a small street and bamboo tree hill, performing as both a retaining wall and dwelling, this single family house sits into the hill.
A long and slender building where 40m like “Chopsticks” was exceeded on the site only of 50m２ in the corner in the intersection on Namiki street and Matsuya street was planned.
Land is scarce in the inner city of Tokyo and restful green spaces few and far between. ‘Shinjuku Gardens’ – in the thriving hub of Tokyo’s inner city, is a conscious effort to make the most of the available open space.
A rough concrete shell in a true state of abandonment without windows or water protection more in the sense of a dilapidated ruin than a building of recent date; this was the starting point for this project.
The A House design by Wiel Arets, The Netherlands, is a detached private single family residence situated on the corner of the centrally located, compact and low-rise housing district of Nishiazabu, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Reflections is an experiment that aspires to transform Tokyo station underground platforms to become a dynamic public place rather than a thoroughfare. It explores tangible interactive opportunities – with others or ourselves.
Dancing trees, Singing birds, Tokyo property design by Hiroshi Nakamura: the site is in a deep L- shape with slopes at the rear, and due to this character there are given legal constraints on the maximum number of residences in the area.
The house locates in the high density’s area in Tokyo. The exterior form with a staircase pattern was decided by the severe height limit by the building standards law. In this house, the client had many books.
This new Tokyo home locates in the central area with high density. The client manages the food company and owns the factory that is adjoining to the house.
Sky Tree, tower development in Tokyo: skyscraper building in Sumida Ward, Japan, design by Nikken Sekkei architects, including Observatory (First Observatory at 350m and Second Observatory at 450m), broadcasting facilities, stores, restaurant, etc.
This is a residence designed for a brother and sister by design by Miyahara Architect Office: the area of the site measures approximately 70 m2, and the total floor space, 80 m2.
House TTN – residence for an “urban” extended family House TTN was designed to accommodate three families – the parents and the families of their two daughters. They had decided to live together again with the birth of grandchildren.
House TN is a residence that stands along the Tama River in western Tokyo. It was designed for two sisters and their respective families. Though the sisters may be close, they do have separate families and separate lives, and so living together is another matter.