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Japanese Architecture Developments

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post updated 11 August 2024

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We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Japanese Architecture Developments. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and competitions across Japan. The focus is on contemporary Japanese buildings but information on traditional Japanese buildings is also welcome.

We have 8 pages of Japanese Architecture selections.

Architecture Developments in Japan

Japanese Architecture : news + key projects

Japanese Buildings : A-D

Japanese Architecture Designs : E-G

Japanese Building Developments : H-I

Japanese Architecture Developments : J-L (this page)

Japanese Building Designs : M-N

Japanese Architectural Designs : O-R

Contemporary Japanese Buildings : S-Z

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Japanese Architectural Developments

New Architecture Developments in Japan – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

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

8 September 2023
Layered Office, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Design: NoMaDoS
Layered Office Iwate Prefecture Japan
photo : Ito Takamune Photo Office
Layered Office Iwate Prefecture

2 February 2023
Tokyo *KIBA, Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Architecture: SAKAE Architects & Engineers
KIBA Tokyo Residence Japan
photos by Koji Fujii / Yuichi Higurashi
KIBA Tokyo Residence

6 June 2023
Knit House, Nagano
Design: UID architects
Knit House Nagano Japan
photo © Koji Fujii(toreal)
Knit House, Nagano, Japan

25 Apr 2022
Kozakai Kifukan Community Center, Kozakai district of Toyokawa, Aichi
Design: Yasuyuki ITO / C+A Coelacanth and Associates
Kozakai Kifukan Community Center, Toyokawa - Japanese architecture news
photo : ToLoLo studio
Kozakai Kifukan Community Center

30 Nov 2021
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, Kansai region, Honshu
Design: Transit Branding Studio
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo, Mie Prefecture - Japanese architecture news
photograph : Hitomi Matsuno
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo

9 Dec 2020
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art – exhibition news
Kyocera Museum of Art Building in Kyoto City
images courtesy of architects
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

27 Mar 2020
L’OCCITANE, Bouquet de Provence, Shibuya Crossing, Suginami City, Tokyo
Architects: AtMa inc.
Loccitane Shibuya Suginami City Japan
photo : Shigenori Ishikawa
L’OCCITANE Shibuya in Suginami City

6 Dec 2019
Kasho Gyoen Hotel Accommodation, Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, northern Japan
Architects: Hiramoto Design Studio
Kasho Gyoen Hotel in Hokkaido - Japanese Architecture News
photography: Koji Fujii / Nacása&Partners Inc
Kasho Gyoen Hotel in Hokkaido

18 Feb 2018
The Japanese Sword Museum, Tokyo
The Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo

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14 Jan 2013
Karuizawa Villa, Nagano
Design: Jun Sakaguchi
Karuizawa Villa Japanese Architecture Developments
photo : bonobo
Karuizawa Villa
The original idea was to hang the internal space with a structural timber frame like a hammock. Two levels of comfortable space open up to the outside and hovers over the ground maximising the view and emphasising the ‘living in the trees’.

11 Jan 2013
Luminous Building, Tokyo
Design: Jun Sakaguchi Architect
Luminous tower building Tokyo
photograph : Tomohiro Sakashita
Luminous Tokyo
Nine storey commercial building – reminiscent of a spine, a vertebral column formed from concrete, each floor as a vertebra.

Major Architecture Projects in Japan, alphabetical:

Kakogawa City Office, Hyogo Prefecture
Design: Akira Sakamoto
Kakogawa City building Japanese Architecture Developments
photo from architects
Kakogawa City building

Keyhole House, Kyoto, central Japan
Architects: EASTERN design office
Keyhole House
photograph : Koichi Torimrua
Kyoto House

Kikuchi pocket park, Kumamoto
Design: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier
Kikuchi pocket park Japanese Architecture Developments
image from architect office
Kikuchi pocket park

Konoha Mall, Hashimoto, southern Japan
The Jerde Partnership Architects
Konoha Mall Japanese Architecture Developments
image © The Jerde Partnership
Japanese Retail Building, Hashimoto

Korinkyo House, northern Japan
Design: Nakayama Architects
Korinkyo House Japan
photo by Makoto Nakayama
Korinkyo House

Kuramure Hotel, Otaru
Nakayama Architects
Kuramure Hotel Building
image from architecture office
Kuramure Hotel

Kure City Ondo Civic Center, Hiroshima
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Japanese Civic Center Building
photo from architects
Japanese Civic Center

Kyoto Library Building, central Japan
Iida archiship studio
Kyoto Library Building
image from architects firm
Kyoto Synthesis Institute

Leaf Chapel, Yamanashi
klein dytham architecture
Leaf Chapel Japanese Architecture Developments
picture from architect studio
Leaf Chapel Yamanashi

Light well House, Kyoto
Keiichi Hayashi
Light well House Japanese Architecture Developments
image : Yoshiyuki Hirai
Light well Home Kyoto

Light stage house, Hiroshima
Bunzo Ogawa
Hiroshima House Japanese property development
photograph : Toshiyuki Yano
Light stage house

Little one-room house with a curve
studio velocity architects
Little one-room house with a curve
photograph from architect practice
Little one-room house with a curve

LOVE HOUSE, Yokohama
Takeshi Hosaka Architects
LOVE HOUSE Yokohama Japanese Architecture Developments
photo : Masao Nishikawa
LOVE HOUSE

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Architecture Developments – J-L, alphabetical:

JR Central Towers, Nagoya, Aichi
1999
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC with Sakakura Associates Architects & Engineers
53-storey hotel tower + 51-storey office tower

Japanese Red Cross Society – Headquarters, Tokyo
1975-77
Kisho Kurokawa

Jin office building, Maebashi
2006
Jun Aoki & Associates

Jinchokan Moriya Historical Museum
1991
Terunobu Fujimori + Yoshio Uchida

Juicy House – housing, Tokyo
2005
Atelier Bow-Wow

KA House, Setagaya, Tokyo
2006
Atelier A5

Kabuki-Cho, Tokyo, Japan
1990-93
Richard Rogers Partnership

Kaizankyo company villa, Wakayama Prefecture
1994
Ushida Findlay Architects

Kanno Museum of Art, Shiogama, nr Sendai
2005
Atelier Hitoshi Abe

Kansai Airport, Japan
1988
Foster + Partners

Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka
1994
Renzo Piano Architects

Kasama – House
1980-81
Toyo Ito & Associates

Kashima-machi City Hall, Kumamoto, Japan
1995-97
Kisho Kurokawa

Kibi-cho City Hall / Kibi Dome, Wakayama
1993-95
Kisho Kurokawa

Kindergarten, Tachikawa, Tokyo
2007
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architects

Kobe Institute, Rokko Mountains
1990-92
Troughton McAslan

Kumamoto Artpolis Park Management Office, Kumamoto
1998
Ushida Findlay Architects

Kumamoto Grasslands Agricultural Institute, Kumamoto

Tom Heneghan – The Architecture Factory

Kurayoshi Park Square, Kurayoshi, Tottori
2001
César Pelli

Kyoto Station, Kyoto
1997
Hiroshi Hara

Library, Green Avenue, Tokyo
2007
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Lotus House, Kanagawa, nr Tokyo
2005
Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates

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