Yokohama Landmark Tower: Japanese Skyscraper

Yokohama Landmark Tower - Japanese Skyscraper

The world’s second-fastest, located in the Yokohama Landmark Tower, “only” manages a speed of 750 meters per minute: Tokyo building design by The Stubbins Associates, Inc. ; Mitsubishi Estate Co.

Sunshine 60 Building – Tokyo Skyscraper

Sunshine 60 Building - Tokyo Skyscraper

Sunshine 60 Building Tokyo, Japan, tower design by architects Mitsubishi Estate Co: the elevators currently the fastest in the world were manufactured by the Japanese corporation Toshiba.

3 Way House – Contemporary Tokyo Residence

3 Way House - Contemporary Tokyo Residence

A house which has three means of vertical transportation; climbing wall, ladders and stairs. The house is located in a residential area where old and new buildings stand intermingled and buildings are rebuilt to be taller than 7 meters high.

A House Made of Two – Kanagawa Residence

A House Made of Two - Kanagawa Residence

This is a project of one family living in two houses built slightly apart from one another. One great volume of a house which covers the entire plot was supposed first. Then this volume was carved in a curve in three segments and two volumes at the both ends were built as two houses on the site.

Switch Box in House – Tokyo Renovation

Switch Box in House - Tokyo Renovation

This is a total interior renovation project of an existing house, installing a box made of deck lumber in the middle of the house. The existing house is 17 year-old, two-story, 4-bedroom wooden structure on top of semi-underground garage.

ZYX House – Contemporary Tokyo Residence

ZYX House - Contemporary Tokyo Residence

It is a house in central Tokyo which is composed of three kinds of space stacked up like toy blocks. Third floor is a private space for a single woman; second floor, a space for her family; first floor, a guest space for her relatives.

Sony City Osaki – Tokyo Office Building

Sony City Osaki - Tokyo Office Building

This project was inspired by the paradoxical idea of improving the environment through the presence of large-scale architecture. The Project is an office building for Sony’s R&D department, which takes the form of a thin vertical plate to ensure good views.

Hue plus Tokyo photo studio + office

Hue plus Tokyo photo studio + office

The alternative space Hue+ is a series of facilities seamlessly integrated into the photo studio, where the visual expression of ‘eating’ is the particular subject of photographic exploration.

Mita Residence – Contemporary Tokyo House

Mita Residence - Contemporary Tokyo House

Mita Residence is situated in central Tokyo on a sloped street which connects a busy commercial artery and a quiet residential area. The typical buildings along the hilly street are larger scale condominium complexes.

Storage House Tokyo: Japanese Residence

Storage House Tokyo

Storage House Tokyo : Kanagawa Residence, contemporary Japanese residential building design by Ryuji Fujimura Architects, Japan: the ‘house like a store’ is located in a residential area on the suburbs of Tokyo.

M&M Rosie Setagaya House, Tokyo

House in Setagaya - M&M Rosie

When the client found this land, we were asked to give an advice. It was a strip of pentagonal land facing west with only a pair of parallel boundary lines. Because of this land condition, it was valued lower, almost 30% larger than regular priced lands for the same cost.

Small House Meguro-ku – Japanese Residence

Small House Meguro-ku

The small house which the married couple and their child live stands at the densely populated area in Tokyo. Though the neighboring houses is very close, I aimed to design the house which exceed the physical narrowness living at the city.