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Japanese Architecture Developments
Key Contemporary Architectural Properties in Japan. East Asia Built Environment Projects.
Post updated 20 January 2026
We choose 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
image : Foster + Partners
KSA Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
8 September 2023
Layered Office, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture
Design: NoMaDoS
photo : Ito Takamune Photo Office
Layered Office Iwate Prefecture
2 February 2023
Tokyo *KIBA, Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Architecture: SAKAE Architects & Engineers
photos by Koji Fujii / Yuichi Higurashi
KIBA Tokyo Residence
6 June 2023
Knit House, Nagano
Design: UID architects
photo © Koji Fujii（toreal)
Knit House, Nagano, Japan
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25 Apr 2022
Kozakai Kifukan Community Center, Kozakai district of Toyokawa, Aichi
Design: Yasuyuki ITO / C+A Coelacanth and Associates
photo : ToLoLo studio
Kozakai Kifukan Community Center
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30 Nov 2021
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo, Taki District, Mie Prefecture, Kansai region, Honshu
Design: Transit Branding Studio
photograph : Hitomi Matsuno
Koji Saryo Produced by Uonuma Jozo
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9 Dec 2020
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art – exhibition news
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.
photo : Shigenori Ishikawa
L’OCCITANE Shibuya in Suginami City
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6 Dec 2019
Kasho Gyoen Hotel in Hokkaido
Architects: Hiramoto Design Studio
photography: Koji Fujii / Nacása&Partners Inc
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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
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
photograph : Tomohiro Sakashita
Luminous Tokyo
Nine storey commercial building – reminiscent of a spine, a vertebral column formed from concrete, each floor as a vertebra.
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Major Modern Architecture Projects in Japan, alphabetical:
Kakogawa City Office, Hyogo Prefecture
Design: Akira Sakamoto
photo from architects
Kakogawa City building
Keyhole House, Kyoto, central Japan
Architects: EASTERN design office
photograph : Koichi Torimrua
Kyoto House
Kikuchi pocket park, Kumamoto
Design: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier
image from architect office
Kikuchi pocket park
Konoha Mall, Hashimoto, southern Japan
The Jerde Partnership Architects
image © The Jerde Partnership
Japanese Retail Building, Hashimoto
Korinkyo House, northern Japan
Design: Nakayama Architects
photo by Makoto Nakayama
Korinkyo House
Kuramure Hotel, Otaru
Nakayama Architects
image from architecture office
Kuramure Hotel
Kure City Ondo Civic Center, Hiroshima
Kengo Kuma & Associates
photo from architects
Japanese Civic Center
Kyoto Library Building, central Japan
Iida archiship studio
image from architects firm
Kyoto Synthesis Institute
Leaf Chapel, Yamanashi
klein dytham architecture
picture from architect studio
Leaf Chapel Yamanashi
Light well House, Kyoto
Keiichi Hayashi
image : Yoshiyuki Hirai
Light well Home Kyoto
Light stage house, Hiroshima
Bunzo Ogawa
photograph : Toshiyuki Yano
Light stage house
Little one-room house with a curve
studio velocity architects
photograph from architect practice
Little one-room house with a curve
LOVE HOUSE, Yokohama
Takeshi Hosaka Architects
photo : Masao Nishikawa
LOVE HOUSE
More Japanese Architecture Developments online soon.
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Japanese Architecture Developments – No Images
Japan 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
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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, near Tokyo
2005
Design: Kengo Kuma & Associates
More Japanese Architectural Developments online soon.
Location: Japan, Asia.
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Japanese architect : Tadao Ando
Japan Architecture : UIA 2011 Tour
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