Four-metre-wide house built in Tokyo by Atelier HAKO Architects
Atelier HAKO Architects has squeezed a three-storey house onto a four-metre-wide site in Tokyo, suggesting that skinny houses are still the rage in Japan (+ slideshow). More
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Tea room and veranda provide socialising space in Katsutoshi Sasaki's Wengawa House
Translucent curtains surround a mezzanine tea room in the heart of this home, designed by Katsutoshi Sasaki + Associates for a retired couple in Japan's Aichi Prefecture (+ slideshow). More
Dezeen's updated Pinterest board features over 500 Japanese houses
A photography series documenting 20 contemporary Japanese homes and their owners joins 500 more examples of Japanese houses on our extensive Pinterest board.
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Jérémie Souteyrat photographs 20 contemporary Japanese houses and their owners
This series of images by photographer Jérémie Souteyrat captures the everyday activities of people living in contemporary Japanese houses (+ slideshow). More
Alts Design Office uses arches and curves throughout Outsu House in Japan
Arched openings and curved walls feature throughout this compact family home in Japan, designed by architecture studio Alts Design Office to make the interior feel more cosy (+ slideshow). More
Hiroki Tominaga Atelier completes Japanese retirement home featuring a huge dormer window
An oversized dormer window extends from the asymmetric roof of this house designed by architects Hiroki Tominaga and Yae Fujima for an elderly couple in Japan's Gifu Prefecture (+ slideshow). More
Gandare house by Ninkipen! has a metal skin that appears to peel up
Japanese architect Ninkipen! has completed a house in Osaka Prefecture, featuring a metal surface that appears to be peeling up from the structure (+ slideshow). More
Mirrors and white walls draw light through House in Okazaki by Kazuki Moroe Architects
This house in Japan features bright white walls and mirrored surfaces inside and out to make the most of the surrounding greenery and natural light (+ slideshow). More
Tetsuo Yamaji builds "a non-mass-produced house with mass-produced components"
For this house on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japanese architect Tetsuo Yamaji aimed to create a unique building using mass-produced components (+ slideshow). More
Hitotomori completes small house with a custom-made plywood interior
A wooden structure and hand-built joinery are left exposed throughout the interior of this compact house in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, by architecture studio Hitotomori (+ slideshow). More
Twin micro homes by S Plus One are both finished in different woods
Architecture studio S Plus One has built a pair of matching micro homes in a Japanese village, one clad in cedar and the other clad with pine. More
Atelier Kukka's House U is designed to frame a nearby cherry tree in Tokyo
Red cedar provides a golden-hued exterior for this small gabled house, designed by local studio Atelier Kukka for a Tokyo street featuring a Japanese cherry tree (+ slideshow). More
John Pawson completes bright white holiday home on Japan's Okinawa island
This clifftop holiday home by British designer John Pawson presents white windowless facades to its guests, but at the rear large windows and a roof terrace face towards the sea (+ slideshow). More
T Weekend Residence by Process5 Design lets residents dine and bathe in sea breeze
Osaka studio Process5 Design created this weekend retreat in western Japan to accommodate activities that are usually impossible in a city house (+ slideshow). More
Gaze house in Japan also contains a gallery for displaying the client's art collection
Apollo Architects & Associates has completed a top-heavy building in Japan's Aichi Prefecture containing both an art gallery and a family residence (+ slideshow). More
Tatami mats create gridded layout for Kenrak Tokmoto's Inari House
Traditional Japanese floor mats define the proportions of this house in Niigata, designed by Tokmoto Architectures Room as a strict grid of squares (+ slideshow). More
All-encompassing roof frames terraces for Suppose Design Office's House in Utsunomiya
A metal roof completely surrounds this house by Japanese studio Suppose Design Office, sheltering terraces and a garden so that residents can use these spaces all year round (+ slideshow). More
Suppose Design Office hides garden beneath oversized shingle roof of House in Anjo
A pointy shingle-clad roof extends over this residence by Suppose Design Office and its garden, creating a sheltered outdoor area for cooking, reading and napping (+ slideshow). More
Mitsuharu Kojima creates curved grass-like floor inside Japanese family house
Mitsuharu Kojima Architects has created a sloped green floor inside a house in Japan's Gunma Prefecture, intended to be reminiscent of a grassy hillside (+ slideshow). More
Kentaro Ishida adds stripy steel skin to asymmetric house in Japan
Japanese architect Kentaro Ishida has completed a steel-plated house on the outskirts of Tokyo, featuring an asymmetric pitched roof designed to maximise sunlight for residents (+ slideshow). More