The list of reasons to visit Japan is pretty much endless - the unique Japanese culture, centuries-old Japanese traditions, and arts, just to name a few. But one of the best excuses to pack your bags and jump on the next plane to Tokyo is the country's incredibly diverse and innovative array of modern architecture.
The Japanese have their modern design ideas deeply connected to the traditional architecture, where wood, big screens and decorative but minimal designs where the most prominent. The contemporary take on Japanese architecture favorites such characteristics as multipurpose use, minimalism, and the relationship with nature which is very clear even the big city dwellings.
As you can see from this list compiled by Bored Panda, there seems to be no limit to the unique design ideas and imagination that goes into designing buildings and structures in Japan. And whether you're into secluded wooden forest hideaways, totally transparent modern design houses, stunning capsule towers or beautiful ribbon-shaped chapels, you're sure to find something in this Japanese architecture list to amaze you.
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Japanese Kindergarten Built Around A Tree
Maybe this can teach the children to appreciate nature more... instead of the traditional concrete playground.
Japanese Architect Created An Unique Forest House For 2 Retired Ladies
Preschool In Japan Collects Rainwater Into Puddles For Kids To Play In
Ebisu East Gallery In Shibuya, Tokyo
Tiny House In Tokyo
Sugamo Shinkin Bank In Kawaguchi
House & Garden, Tokyo
Acros Building In Fukuoka, Japan
Ribbon Chapel In Hiroshima
Unusual Slide House In Japan
Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan
When I look at this building from the outside my claustrophobia is kicked in. =/
~We all live in a laundry washing machine, laundry washing machine, laundry washing machine.~
It's actually decades old and almost abandoned. It was an experiment but most people found it terribly uncomfortable to actually live there
I like how it's obviously styled like a dystopian monolith to the ultimate meaninglessness of an individual's life in mass society, but given the relatively small scale and interesting proportions, it's clear the architect was very self aware while designing it.
creative design and practical for student dorms or single life! It's not the most appealing to the eye, but certainly it serves a purpose and that's what architecture should be
The nets surrounding the building seem to be as suicide prevention, the interior image shows the massive round window's latches.
They are tearing this down. When I was there in Nov 15, it looked like they were in the process of putting up construction protection.
Sugamo Shinkin Bank / Shimura Branch Azusawa, Itabashi-ku, Japan
Tokyo Apartments
Nasu Teepee House In Nasu, Japan
Omotesando Branches In Tokyo
Transparent House In Japan
Sayama Forest Chapel
Dear Ginza Building By Amano Design Office, Tokyo, Japan
Reversible Destiny Lofts In Tokyo
Miyahata Jōmon Museum In Fukushima, Japan
The brutalist concrete contrasts very nicely with the sterile, modern wooden ceiling
Tsuzumimon Gate, Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa
Sunny Hills Japan Dessert Shop In Omotesando, Tokyo
It kind of looks like a bunch of baby gates stacked on top of one another.
Apartment – House In Chiba, Japan
Mikimoto Ginza 2 Building In Tokyo
Ghost House, Tokyo, Japan
Grin Grin Building At Island City In Fukuoka City
N Village In Iwate Prefecture, Japan
interesting, this is something that I'd expect in a nordic country rather than Japan.
O House In Kyoto, Japan
Mirrored Entrance To 'Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku' Shopping Complex In Tokyo, Japan
Yakisugi House (charcoal House) In Nagano, Japan
S-House In Oomiya, Saitama, Japan
Hoki Museum In Midori Ward, Chiba, Japan
House In Muko
House In Saijo, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Half And Half House
Cocoon Tower, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Za-Koenji Public Theatre In Suginami-Ku, Tokyo
A House Awaiting Death In Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Urbanprem Minami Aoyama Commercial Building In Tokyo, Japan
If you don't like your neighbors, you can just roll your house somewhere else.
K-Museum In Ariake, Tokyo
Nanohana-Kan Communication And Recreation Plaza, Ibusuki, Japan
Initially looked like some fancy façade work but the exteriors and interiors seem to merge so beautifully while still allowing complete access to the elements...
Initially looked like some fancy façade work but the exteriors and interiors seem to merge so beautifully while still allowing complete access to the elements...
