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Japanese Architecture : Buildings
Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in Japan, Asia.
Post updated 20 January 2026
e-architect select interesting design-led Japanese Architecture. We cover completed buildings plus new building designs across Japan. Our focus is on contemporary Japanese buildings.
We have 8 pages of Japanese Architecture selections.
Architecture in Japan
Japanese Architecture : news + key projects (this page)
Japanese Buildings : A-D
Japanese Architecture Designs : E-G
Japanese Building Developments : H-I
Japanese Architecture Developments : J-L
Japanese Building Designs : M-N
Japanese Architectural Designs : O-R
Contemporary Japanese Buildings : S-Z
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Contemporary Architecture in Japan, chronological:
13 June 2024
Apartments With Dialogues, Shinjuku City, Tokyo
Architects Ryuichi Sasaki/Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture
photo : Takumi Ota Photography
Apartments With Dialogues, Tokyo, Japan
16 May 2024
NOT A HOTEL Setouchi, Sagi Island, Seto Inland Sea
Design: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
render : MIR
NOT A HOTEL Setouchi
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Japanese Building News
Japanese Architecture News Archive, chronological:
Updated 24 Mar 2021
W Hotel Osaka
Design: Concrete
photograph : marriott international
Situated on Midosuji Boulevard, a new 27-story landmark high-rise, designed by Nikken Sekkei and with a Tadao Ando supervised facade, is the home of Japan’s first W Hotel. Don’t be deceived by its simple black monolith design – inside hides a world of extravagance!
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29 Aug 2013
Hakko Kyoto
Design: Osamu Morishita Architect & Associates
photo from architect
These transparent layers will be like a strong screen which consciously divides one side from another. On the other hand the semi-transparent layers will be like a filter which connects inside and outside.
21 Aug 2013
Step Tower Osaka, Osaka
Architects: EASTERN design office
photograph : Koichi Torimura
A stark white ship that sails in the middle of the bustling sea of colors. The ship floating on the ocean suddenly appears in a shopping center.
16 May 2013
Le Comptoir de Fruit et Légumes, Higashiku, Nagoya, Aichi
Design: Kotaro HORIUCHI / KHA – Kotaro Horiuchi Architecture INC
photo from architects
Le Comptoir de Fruit et Légumes in Higashiku
Mini architecture – organic forms built using stacked free-flowing plates to maximise function in a tight space. The counter slides through the wall, while the spiral runs along a smooth curved surface reaching to the ceiling.
2 Apr 2013
, Kyoto, central-southern Japan
Design: Fujiwara Architects
photo : Yano Toshiyuki
House in Muko
A mezzanine-floored residence consisting of a single-roomed space, located on a fan-shaped site. The movements of the sun can be felt inside the house all throughout the year.
29 Jan 2013
House in Abiko
Design: Shigeru Fuse Architects
photo from architect
This project is a home for a couple in their thirties. The client required a gallery-like space where their designer furniture could stans out.
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Japanese Building Designs Archive
23 Oct 2012
House in Asamayama, Nagano, central Japan
Design: Kidosaki Architects Studio
photograph : 45g Photography
House in Asamayama
This is a striking new Japanese house that juts out over a steep slope.
12 Mar 2012
Light stage house, Hiroshima, south west Japan
Bunzo Ogawa
photograph : Toshiyuki Yano
Light stage house
The concept of this house, “sunlight stage” is a proposal of the way of taking sunlight on the site where the condition of sunlight is severe.
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29 Sep 2011
Ring Around a Tree, Fuji
Tezuka Architects
photograph : Katsuhisa Kida
Ring Around a Tree
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Japanese Architecture – Major Buildings
Major Architecture in Japan, alphabetical:
Armani/Ginza Tower, Tokyo
Massimiliano Fuksas Architects
photo : Ramon Prat
Armani/Ginza Tower
Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa
Architect: Tadao Ando
photo : FUJITSUKA Mitsumasa
Chichu Art Museum
Fragile Shelter, Sapporo, north Japan
Hidemi Nishida
photo : Anna Nagai
Fragile Shelter Hokkaido
Fuji Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Tokyo
Tezuka Architects
photo : Katsuhisa Kida
Fuji Kindergarten
Hoki Museum, Chiba, central Japan
Nikken Sekkei
picture : Harunori Noda
Hoki Museum
Kure City Ondo Civic Center, Hiroshima
Kengo Kuma & Associates
photo from architects
Japanese Civic Center
Leaf Chapel, Yamanashi
klein dytham architecture
picture from architect
Leaf Chapel Yamanashi
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, Tokyo
Tange Associates Architects
photo : Koji Horiuchi
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower
Mountains & Opening House
EASTERN design office
photograph : Koichi Torimrua
Mountains & Opening House
Musashino Art University Building
Sou Fujimoto Architects
photograph from architect
Musashino Art University Building
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse, north Japan
molo + d/dt Arch + Frank la Rivière Arch.
photo : Shigeo Ogawa
Nebuta-no-ie Warasse
Prada Store
Herzog and de Meuron
picture © James Whitaker 2009
Prada Store Tokyo
SHELL building, Karuizawa, Nagano
Kotaro Ide / ARTechnic architects
picture : Nacasa & Partners Inc
SHELL villa
TBWAHakuhodo, Tokyo
Klein Dytham architecture
photograph : Kozo Takayama
TBWAHakuhodo Tokyo
Teshima Art Museum
Ryue Nishizawa + Rei Naito
photo : Noboru Morikawa
Teshima Art Museum
Yokohama Port Terminal, Tokyo
Design: Foreign Office Architects
picture via RIAS in 2004
Yokohama Ferry Terminal
More Contemporary Japanese Architecture online soon.
Location: Japan, Eastern Asia.
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
photograph © 2008 Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
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Modern Japanese Building
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo – 1959 by Le Corbusier
Japanese architect : Tadao Ando
Japan Architecture Tour
Japanese architect : Fumihiko Maki
Comments / photos for the Modern Japan Buildings Designs page welcome.