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Japanese Architects : Architecture Studios
Key Building Designers from Japan. East Asia Architectural Practices.
post updated 21 January 2026
Japanese Architect – Architect Offices Listings
This page contains a selection of major Japanese architects, with links to individual practice pages. e-architect selected what we feel are the key Japanese Architects, but additions are always welcome.
We focus on featuring contemporary architects in Japan but information on traditional architecture studios is also welcome.
Japanese architects have a strong reputation worldwide with many practices working globally. Currently the most notable architecture practices are SANAA, Tadao Ando, Toyo Ito, Fumihiko Maki and Kisho Kurokawa.
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Japanese Design Offices
Additions for the Japanese Architecture Studios page welcome
picture © Hitoyuki Hitai
Links to Japanese Architect Studio Information – architect offices in Japan listed alphabetically by surname.
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Major Japanese Architects Practices
Toyo Ito Architects
Kisho Kurokawa Architect & Associates
Fumihiko Maki – Maki And Associates
Nikken Sekkei Architects
Tadao Ando Architects & Associates (Osaka)
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Key 20th Century Japanese Architect
Kenzo Tange Architect
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Japanese Architects Studios
Atelier A5 (Tokyo)
Atelier Bow-Wow (Tokyo)
Atelier Hitoshi Abe
Atelier Tekuto
EASTERN design office
Edward Suzuki Associates
FT Architects
Future Studio (Hiroshima + Tokyo)
Itsuko Hasegawa Architect
htmn (Tokyo)
Jun Aoki & Associates (Tokyo)
Jun Igarashi Architects (Hokkaido)
Junya Toda Architect & Associates
Klein Dytham Architecture (Tokyo)
Kohki Hiranuma (Tokyo)
Kotaro Ide (Meguro)
Nakayama Architects
Nobuo Araki / The Archetype (Tokyo)
Tadashi Suga (Kobe-city)
Takeshi Hosaka (Yokohama city, Kanagawa)
TERADADESIGN (Tokyo)
Terunobu Fujimori
Tezuka Architects (Tokyo)
UZU (Osaka)
More contemporary Japanese Architects offices online soon.
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photo : Makoto Nakayama
Japanese architecture studio : Eisaku Ushida of Ushida Findlay (Japanese / Scottish)
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Modern Japanese Architects Studios featured on the site but unlisted in architect practice section:
– Amorphe Takeyama & Associates (Kyoto)
– Go Hasegawa, Architects (Tokyo)
– Kazuyasu Kochi / Kochi architect’s Studio (Tokyo)
– Masahiro Harada + MAO/Mount Fuji Architects Studio (Tokyo)
– Akasaka Atelier (Sapporo)
Tom Heneghan (architectural designer previously based in Japan, latterly in Australia)
Location: Japan, east Asia.
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New Japanese Architecture
Japanese School Architecture
photograph : Katsuhisa Kida
Contemporary Japanese Buildings
Japanese Buildings
photograph from architect
Additions / photos for the Contemporary Japanese Architect Studio – contemporary Architecture Offices page welcome.