Minimalism
House in Yamakawa | Horibe Associates
House in Yamakawa sits on a road that gets a surprising amount of traffic given how narrow it is. To minimize the noise from cars and to ensure privacy, the architects concentrated storage spaces along the side of the house...
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White Collage | Keikichi Yamauchi architect and associates
White Collage is a minimalist house by Keikichi Yamauchi architects and associates with steel sheets covering its bottom and giving a view of the exterior.
S RESIDENCE | Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
S RESIDENCE built close to the mountain has a glazed wall running across one side of the unit to provide an unstructured view of the natural landscape.
House in Sakurashinmachi | comma design office
House in Sakurashinmachi is a renovated project with the existing structure reinforced against earthquakes. Two families live there but share the garden.
Tiny House in Kobe | FujiwaraMuro Architects
Tiny House in Kobe has a red cedar wood facade. It sits on a small plot and uses it to its maximum by stacking rooms vertically into a three-story unit.
Clementine | T-LEX Brain. design office
Clementine hair salon is a renovated building with private spaces for customers to enjoy. Different salon functions flow through one continuous volume.
Tama N | sinato
Tama N apartment is a redesigned project of a 25-year old building with a single wooden wall transforming the conventional living unit into an elegant space.
KAWATE | KEITARO MUTO ARCHITECTS
KAWATE house is a unit with a cantilevered story that provides shelter for the family to play. The floating theme extends to the inside with the staircase.
YURAS | sinato
YURAS is an office project with the new room added to the existing space area, dividing the whole area into the work space and common space.
BASE | KOMADA ARCHITECTS’ OFFICE
BASE is a three-story building with the office on the 1st floor and dwellings on other floors. Careful fenestration opens the space to the street.
Slit house | EASTERN design office
Slit house has a facade with 60 slated and angled slashes replacing the windows. The interior walls are made of wood so that they can be easily replaced.
F-WHITE | Takuro Yamamoto Architects
F-WHITE house is built on an unusually large plot with the rectangular courtyard in the center providing the unit with natural light.
folm arts | Tsubasa Iwahashi Architects
folm arts is a renovated beauty salon, redesigned for its tenth anniversary since opening. The unit is in the form of a tunnel and has a simple design.
