The distinguishing refined colour palette and laconic forms of traditional Japanese interiors meet extraordinary design solutions in these three inspirational home concepts. The most seductive of our three interior examples, our first Japanese home design is large and luxurious. Many traditional elements of Japanese design come to the forefront here but chiefly with a creative . . .
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A Modern Brutalist House In Japan With Exquisite Details
A modern brutalist exterior blankly encases this exquisitely detailed Japanese home, expertly designed by Apollo Architects & Associates. The 410 square metre property is located in a quiet suburban neighbourhood in the densely populated Kanto region. The homeowners acquired this tiered and irregularly shaped lot with meaningful family time in mind. The owners wished to . . .
Brutalist Japanese Lake House
This amazing 640 square metre lakeside guesthouse is a brutalist masterpiece by architects Nikken Sekkei, located in Japan. The concrete house was designed to unfold as a continuous spiral that would reveal more of the changing lakeside view with each step taken. It’s not only the magnificent view that envelops this lake house, but the . . .
Eastern Influenced Minimalist Interiors In Shades Of Grey and Green
Think Shōji doors and screens, rock gardens and bonsai trees, and you’ll be taken down the beautiful path of Asian inspired interiors. Eastern influenced decor works melodically with a modern minimalist vibe, to create homes that feel peaceful, centred, clean and clear. An affinity with nature shines through in this style of home interior too, . . .
Two Unusual Japanese Home Designs With Unique Zoning Techniques
When living space is limited, it’s time to get creative – and it doesn’t hurt to move to a minimalist mind set. That’s what happened after the purchase of two homes in Japan. Unusual layouts and creative division of area brought about unexpected changes in floor height. The designs, by Indot Design, seek only to . . .
A Terraced Japanese Garden House Filled With Sculptural Art
Moments of sculptural art enrich this terraced Japanese garden house, which is located in the suburbs of Kyiv, Ukraine. Project ‘Oko House’ (which translates from Ukrainian as ‘Eye House’) is a stunning two-level private dwelling, designed and visualised by Sergey Makhno Architects. A circular window in the main façade forms the ‘eye’ of the house, . . .
Japanese Home Fusing Modern And Traditional Ideas
150 square meters of reinforced concrete forms the structure for a high-end residence, designed by M Architects. Hidden behind a black glass facade, this unique family home combines modern and traditional Japanese ideas, like a minimalist living room with an attached shoji, and a custom made cooking hearth. At the heart of the home, an . . .
Scandinavia Meets Japan In These Minimalist Work Spaces
Here we have the pleasure of tiptoeing around some gorgeous creative spaces from the Chinese side of the web. These work spaces appear to intertwine the clean and simple ethos of Scandinavian and Japanese minimalism, where natural material and clean lines are key. Many of us have come to accept that our own craft rooms, . . .
An Incredible Interior Courtyard Shielded By Optical Glass Bricks
Built around a carefully tended courtyard, this home enjoys the privacy of a glass wall for a dazzling sense of semi-transparency. Designed by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP, and located in downtown Hiroshima, its structure surrounding structure serves as an ethereal mirage between it and the tall buildings that surround – a breath of fresh air . . .
Style & Simplicity in a Japanese Countryside Prefab Home
As we have seen before on this blog, the simplicity of Japanese design is one that appeals across cultures and borders. However, it is always beautiful to see inspiration take root in homes where those aesthetics first blossomed. This countryside home, deemed “Tree House” in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan is one of those examples. . . .
Two Apartments In Modern Minimalist Japanese Style (Includes Floor Plans)
As we have explored before, the Japanese style interior design aesthetic is highly tied to the idea of minimalism and negative space. In these two small apartments, you will see that there is truly nothing there that does not have a purpose. The spaces never feel cluttered or cramped, no matter what the actual area . . .
Zen Inspired Interior Design
Our homes should be the place where we feel most calm and peace, and what better style to promote these feelings of serenity than a zen inspired space, like those featured in our Japanese Zen Gardens post and our look at Japanese Style Interior Design. In this post we’re focussing not only on traditional Japanese . . .
Japanese Minimalist Home Design
We have features Japanese designs on this blog before, but we never cease to be amazed by the way the simplicity of the style can create a calming space. In both of these houses, from the architects at mA-Style, are prime examples of this. Utilizing different levels, angles, and a contrast of open spaces and . . .
Minimalist Home In The Mountains
We don’t usually publish unfurnished houses but decided to make an exception here. This mountain home, designed by architects from yuusuke karasawa architects, is situated in the mountains of Japan’s Bōsō Peninsula and takes the simple form a cube and transforms it into a unique and almost futuristic space. Without the typical “mountain cabin” effects . . .
Modern Japanese House
Japanese culture is known to praise efficiency, which comes forth in many different ways. One of the most obvious, that these photos explore, is the way in which a traditional Japanese house is situated. Without much square footage, this largely wood-paneled home manages to make space for every essential part of a house, without wasting . . .
Japanese Zen Gardens
Japanese gardens have been around for hundreds of years and combine simple, natural elements such as water, stone, sand and plants to create a tranquil, Zen sanctuary. The way these various elements are employed in relation to one another brings about a miniaturized version of nature. The designs of these gardens are based on three . . .
Japanese Style Interior Design
Japanese traditional Zen philosophy inspires the simplistic, natural essence found in minimalist architecture and design. Line, form, space, light and material are but a few of the essential elements central to this widely popular design aesthetic. Great value is placed on the absence of nonessential internal walls to open up a space and allow an . . .
Minimalist Japanese Prefab House
Following on from our previous articles on Japanese Minimalism: The Ant House, and the Modern Japanese Home, we taking a tour around this airy Japanese minimalistic prefab house from Muji. Love Japanese style? Do check out our previous Japanese coverage.
Simple Open Plan Living
This house of light wooden features is another Japanese beauty that comes to us from Muji; the home is minimalist by design with a spacious and simplistic layout to let the space breathe and flow.
Japanese Minimalism: The Ant House
This minimalist residence is the Ant House project, designed by Makinohara-based design studio mA-style Architects, completed in 2012. Via Adelto
Concrete Stack and Glass House
This Glass House, by NAF Architect & Design, located in Hiroshima, Japan, is based around a basic stacking system of concrete blocks each measuring 1.0 m x 1.0 m x 1.5m. The concrete is placed one on top of the other like simple building blocks, resulting in an unusual structure that displays varying degrees of . . .