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post updated 9 January 2026

Japanese Architecture Design – chronological list

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Japanese Architectural News 2026, chronological:

9 January 2026
Tojiro Knife Gallery, Osaka
Design: Katata Yoshihito Design (L/O)

photo : Masaaki Inoue

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Japanese Architectural News: Key New Property Designs in 2025, chronological:

17 December 2025
vertex by NOT A HOTEL, island of Okinawa
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)

render : Negativ

12 December 2025
CCD Tokyo Creative Center, Hirakawachō, Chiyoda-ku
Architecture: Cheng Chung Design

5 November 2025
Epsom College Tokyo
Architect: PLP Architecture

27 August 2025
Yumenomori House, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Architects: Yodezeen

photo : Dariusz Sosinka

12 August 2025
Tanuki Noboru Building, Hokkaido
Design: MOTIVE Inc.

photo : Ikuya SASAKI, MOTIVE Inc.

23 July 2025
OND Sauna, Nagashima, Takeo-cho, Takeo City, Saga Prefecture
Architects: AMANE ARCHI

photo : Akinobu Kawabe (helico)

21 July 2025
VECTORS Office Building, Fukuoka City, Kyushu Island
Design: SAKO Architects

photo : Misae Hiromatsu

30 June 2025
Forest Within, Kitakaruizawa, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Architects: Inspatia

render : inspatia

27 April 2025
Czech Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan building
Design: Apropos Architects

photo : BoysPlayNice

22 April 2025
Qatar Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan
Design: Kengo Kuma and Associates

photo : Iwan Baan

19 April 2025
KSA Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Building
Design: Foster + Partners

image : Foster + Partners

26 March 2025
The Matter of Facts, Minato City
Architect: PAN- PROJECTS

20 February 2025
Earthboat V1 Mobile Cabins
Architect: PAN- PROJECTS

photo : Earthboat
Earthboat are mobile cabins crafted entirely from Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), designed to reimagine Japan’s rural landscapes. It addresses the challenge of revitalising the many underused leisure facilities from the late 20th century—such as ski resorts, golf courses, and fishing ponds.

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Japanese Building News

Japanese Architectural News in 2024

14 December 2024
TAPKOP House, Teshikaga, Hokkaido
Design: PAN- PROJECTS

photo : Takehiro Kawamura
TAPKOP, designed by London-based architectural design studio PAN-PROJECTS, is a private villa situated in Teshikaga, Eastern Hokkaido.

14 December 2024
Otaru International Information Center, Hokkaido
Design: waiwai

photo : Takehiro Kawamura
The Otaru International Information Center is situated in the historic harbor area of Otaru in Hokkaido, an area that once thrived as the epicenter of Japan’s herring fishing industry.

10 December 2024
Suetomi AoQ Cafe Stand, Kyoto
Architecture: G ARCHITECTS STUDIO

photo : Daisuke Shima
Designed by Japanese architectural firm G ARCHITECTS STUDIO, the Suetomi AoQ Cafe Stand belongs to AoQ, a new brand established by SUETOMI, the renowned confectionery shop in Kyoto.

13 June 2024
Apartments with Dialogues, Shinjuku City, Tokyo
Architects Ryuichi Sasaki/Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture

photo : Takumi Ota Photography
Apartments With Dialogues rests atop one of the hill expansions in Tokyo, specifically the geographically elevated Ichigayadaimachi area located in the Shinjuku ward, is the site of this architectural project.

16 May 2024
NOT A HOTEL Setouchi, Sagi Island, Seto Inland Sea
Design: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

render : MIR
The design for luxury hotelier NOT A HOTEL’s newest resort on Japan’s Sagi Island – NOT A HOTEL Setouchi – builds on the longstanding dialogue between Scandinavian and Japanese design values. The hotel weaves naturally throughout the island’s mountains, incorporating natural and local materials while promoting a connection to nature.

2 March 2024
VERTICAL RAINBOW in Tokyo building
Design: SAKO Architects

photo : Koji Fujii

23 January 2024
MORI no KAISHO, Meeting Place of Forest, Nara, Japan
Architect: Tetsuo Kobori Architects

photo © Tomoyuki Kusunose
Tetsuo Kobori Architects, Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd., and Fujita Corporation proudly announce that they have won the Best of Best in the Institutional Architecture category at Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) 2023, one of the most prestigious international architecture awards in the world.

21 January 2024
See Sea Park, Ohi-town, Ohi-gun, Fukui Prefecture
Architecture: Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates

photo : Tomoki Hahakura
Osamu Morishita Architect and Associates present See Sea Park, a project selected in a competition held by Ohi-town in the Fukui prefecture, Japan, at the end of Summer 2019 completed in 2022. The main requirement for the proposal was to develop a location where people can innovate and develop new businesses.

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Japanese Architecture News 2023

20 November 2023
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s pavilion – KSA Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Yumeshima waterfront, Osaka
Design: Foster + Partners

image : Foster + Partners
Designs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka revealed. The pavilion building creates a spatial experience that echoes the exploration of Saudi Arabian towns and cities, provides a setting for immersive audio-visual engagement and connects visitors with the undiscovered wonders of Saudi Arabia.

5 October 2023
House in Toguchi, Kagoshima, Japan
Design: Sakai Architects

8 September 2023
Layered Office, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Design: NoMaDoS

photo : Ito Takamune Photo Office
This is a plan to rebrand and renovate the headquarters of a company supporting the well-known tile projects of Morioka City buildings. Maruno Corporation has been engaged in tile projects for almost 90 years since its inception, and its headquarters building has a history of 50 years, accumulating long-term technology and history.

6 July 2023
Sumu Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Design: tono Inc.

photo : Rui Nishi

12 June 2023
Ohori Terrace, Fukuoka
Design: rhythmdesign.Ltd.

photo © Koichi Torimura
The Ohori Terrace is a wooden building that harmonizes with Ohori park’s abundant nature so you can enjoy its view. In our minds, realizing this vision would require a clean structure.

7 June 2023
Yamaikarashi Nursery School, Niigata, Nishi-ku niigata-city
Design: Takeru Shoji Architects Co

photo © Koji Fujii（toreal)
Located at the end of a winding pathway, atop of a sand dune, this single-story wooden building filled with characterful rooms and recesses provides a diverse base for children. The construction of a large childcare environment extends beyond the nursery rooms, the building, and the nursery yard, to the surrounding area as a single continuum.

6 June 2023
Knit House, Nagano, Japan
Design: UID architects

5 June 2023
Dogo Hakuro Hotel, Matsuyama
Architects: CHIASMA FACTORY

photos by Shingo Tsuji and Ryuji Shiraishi
Located on the hilltop of the renowned Dogo hot spring area, DOGO HAKURO opened as a captivating hot spring lifestyle hotel in July 2020, following the client’s vision to revitalize his three hotels in the neighborhood.

2 Jun 2023
Y-House in Fukui
Architects: Baum

24 Apr 2023
Tsuchinao Shikki in Fukui
Architects: Baum

photo : Naoki Myo
An old warehouse has been renovated into a directly managed store of a company Tsuchinao Shikki that produces and sells Echizen lacquerware. Echizen lacquerware is a traditional craft made by coating lacquer over mainly in Fukui, the old name “Echizen”, Japan.

19 Jan 2023
PeacoQ House, Hiroshima
Architecture: UID Architects

9 Jan 2023
Santo Shop, Hiroshima, Numakuma-cho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture
Architecture: UID Architects

photo : Koji Fujii / TOREAL
Architectural project that resembles the products manufactured by the client that encourages public participation in an industrial area. An ironworks factory, SANGYO Corporation, was established in 1951 in Kaji-cho, which translates to “blacksmith town”. Kaji-cho is in Tomonoura, Fukuyama city in Hiroshima prefecture.

8 Jan 2023
House for G, Chiba
Design: kurosawa kawara-ten

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Japanese Architecture News 2022

4 Nov 2022
TAKENAKA Clinic, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Design: TSC Architects

photo : Hiroshi Tanigawa / ToLoLo studio
Conventionally, a hospital tends to be a space that has poor natural color or material due to artificial structure material to improve the functionally and efficiency. From our experience in designing medical facilities, the architects office strongly feel the need to provide more comfortable architectural spaces where patients can spend their time without stress.

25 Apr 2022
Kozakai Kifukan Community Center, Kozakai district of Toyokawa, Aichi
Design: Yasuyuki ITO / C+A Coelacanth and Associates

photo : ToLoLo studio
This core community building in the Kozakai district of Toyokawa contains a community center, library, children’s center, and city hall branch office. The design was selected in a 2017 architecture competition.

24 Mar 2022
Courtyard House at Wani, Otsu City, Shiga
Architects: design it

22 Mar 2022
Zenbo Seinei, Awaji Island Retreat & Restaurant, Awaji Island
Architect: Shigeru Ban

image courtesy of architects practice
In recent years, the spread of Covid-19 and the resulting restrictions on various activities, as well as rapid changes in the business landscape, have led to major shifts in people’s attitudes and values towards life and work. Amidst this, there has been a growing interest in opportunities to reassess one’s own contentment in environments rich in nature, and in lifestyles that promote physical and mental well-being.

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Japanese Architecture News 2021

30 Nov 2021
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, Kansai region, Honshu
Design: Transit Branding Studio

photograph : Hitomi Matsuno
Located inside a luxury resort and shopping center in Mie Prefecture, this café operated by rice-koji maker Uonuma Jozo offers amazake, a sweet fermented koji drink, and other koji products.

31 Oct 2021
Hara House, Nagaoka City, Niigata
Design: Takeru Shoji Architects Co.,Ltd

30 Aug 2021
Sukagawa Community Center Fukushima
Design: Unemori Architects

17 Jul 2021
Minohshinmachi House, Osaka, Kansai region, Honshu
Design: Yasuyuki Kitamura

5 July 2021
H House, Fukui Ken
Architects: BAUM

24 Mar 2021
W Hotel Osaka
Design: Concrete

photograph : marriott international

20 Mar 2021
The Clearwater Building in Hokkaido, Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
Design: Seshimo Architects + Peter Hahn Associates

photography : Junji Kojima / 45gPhotography, Aaron Jamieson