Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia ... part of nature than a landscape." Like many Japanese houses, there is probably not much insulation ...

Contemporary homes ... adding that many Japanese design solutions could be applied elsewhere in the world. In a similarly small Tokyo house by Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects, a movable staircase ...

The mystery of Japan's mummified "rainbow dragon" was recently solved by researchers. The skeleton dates back to the 11th or ...

Here we tour the best modern residential Japanese houses designed by international and local architects ... Situated on one of the many small islands of the Japanese archipelago, the compact structure ...

A Japanese house with rock gardens ... with shoji screens and sliding panel walls around them and a small Buddhist prayer nook off one corner of the room. Along with the central courtyard are ...

For those who favor a more modern take on Japanese architecture ... Even on a smaller scale, the construction of the Small Japanese House is evidence of the inventiveness of Japanese architecture.

Tiny house design and traditional Japanese aesthetics go ... but that's enough for a modern-day minimalist. A couple of drawers and a small cabinet provide essential storage, and the shelves ...

NEVER TOO SMALL Modern Compact Japanese Family Home, Osaka - 57sqm/613sqft Posted: December 10, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 Set in a quiet neighbourhood in Osaka prefecture, the newly built ...

In an agricultural village in Nagaoka, a city in Japan's Niigata Prefecture, sits a tent-shaped house called Hara House. Takeru Shoji Architects, an architecture design studio based in Japan ...

A new book from Phaidon chronicles the unconventional style of Japanese residential design. There’s a surfeit of unorthodox, wildly creative Japanese houses out there, and 400 of them are packed ...

We tour the best Japanese architecture and modern Japanese houses designed by international and local architects that open up possibilities for all types of lifestyle, from minimalist to communal in ...