Wave is a surfer's house with a protruding windowless facade and a secret courtyard
This top-heavy white house in Kanagawa, Japan, was designed by Apollo Architects & Associates for a keen surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More
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Curtains replace walls inside renovated Osaka townhouse by Kazuteru Matumura
Japanese architect Kazuteru Matumura has gutted the interior of an old townhouse in Osaka, creating a minimal two-storey home that can be partitioned with curtains (+ slideshow). More
Mazda Showroom by Suppose Design Office pairs streamlined glazing with wood
Japanese firm Suppose Design Office has completed a car showroom near Tokyo, featuring a simple wooden facade and a glazed wall that fades from black to transparent (+ slideshow). More
Smoking room designed by Hiroyuki Ogawa to offer clean air instead of fumes
Japanese studio Hiroyuki Ogawa Architects has created a smoking room that is designed to never be smoky inside a shopping centre on the outskirts of Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Schemata Architects converts Tokyo factory into artist's studio with an indoor garden
A chipboard shed and a herb garden occupy the top floor of this former factory in Tokyo that Schemata Architects has converted into a workshop for a kimono designer (+ slideshow). More
House and art studio by Alphaville features a diamond-shaped plan and a pointed roof
A wooden spine extends beneath the diagonally pitched roof of this diamond-shaped house and artist's studio in Japan (+ slideshow). More
Takanobu Kishimoto's Platform is a home built around a train carriage
An old train carriage forms one half of this family home in Takasago, Japan, while the other half looks like it could be a railway station (+ slideshow). More
Chevron-patterned glass fronts Tokyo handbag store by Hiroshi Nakamura
The glass facade of this Tokyo accessories store is imprinted with a chevron pattern based on a motif from the lining of an Hermès handbag (+ slideshow). More
Aisaka Architects adds red basket-weave facade to Tokyo office block
Ribbons of red aluminium create a woven texture across the facade of this office block completed by Japanese studio Aisaka Architects in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
Woodland home by Hiroshi Nakamura designed to resemble a cluster of timber tepees
Each room of this woodland retreat in Japan is topped by a "pointy hat" that gives the timber structure the appearance of a group of pitched tents (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma extends his Garden Terrace Nagasaki hotel with an asymmetric annex
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has added a wooden building with a pointy metal roof to a seaside hotel complex he completed five years ago in Nagasaki, south-west Japan (+ slideshow). More
Yusuke Seki showcases fragile hemp textiles across banks of metal rods
Lengths of delicately woven fabric were draped over metal skewers at this Tokyo exhibition about the tradition of hemp textiles in Japan (+ slideshow). More
Tokyo rice shop by Schemata Architects is filled with boxy plywood fittings
Bags of rice and bottled condiments are displayed on simple plywood units inside this former Tokyo greengrocers that has been converted into a tiny rice shop, cafe and a home for the proprietor (+ slideshow). More
A small tree grows inside Ito-biyori cafe by Ninkipen!
A large circular mirror reflects a tree planted in the centre of this Osaka cafe by Japanese studio Ninkipen! (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma creates facade of wooden strips for University of Tokyo computing facility
Hundreds of thin wooden strips cover the facade of this university building by Japanese firm Kengo Kuma and Associates, while a cavernous opening at ground level frames a view of a park behind (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma designs Tokyo hospital wrapped around a garden
News: Japanese firm Kengo Kuma + Associates has unveiled plans to replace an ageing Tokyo medical centre with a louvre-clad hospital built around a landscaped garden. More
NAAD lines a century-old Japanese house with exposed plywood
Architecture studio NAAD has gutted a 100-year-old house in Kyoto and re-skinned the interior in plywood to create a temporary dwelling that is designed to look incomplete (+ slideshow). More
Curving walls eclipse glazed facade of park-side house in Japan by Tsuyoshi Kawata
Both curving and straight walls overlap inside this family home in Shiga Prefecture by architect Tsuyoshi Kawata, which was designed to frame views of a nearby park (+ slideshow). More
IHRMK's house with a staggered profile looks out over a landscape of paddy fields
The stepped profile of this house in Japan by architecture studio IHRMK gives clues about the complicated layout of rooms contained within. More
Intertwining staircases spiral around the glazed core of Hiroshi Nakamura's Ribbon Chapel
Two curving staircases encircle the exterior of this wedding chapel by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nakamura, meeting at a rooftop platform that overlooks the Hiroshima coastline (+ slideshow). More