A fascinating new book chronicles unorthodox Japanese residential architecture over the past almost 80 years. When World War II ended, Japan found itself not just battered and broke, but also in the ...

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 into ...

This Japanese-inspired modern house is one of nearly 200 completed homes in the upscale 1,010-acre Kukuiula community on the South Shore of the lush Hawaiian island of Kauai. The owners have lived and ...

Shofuso, a 17th-century-style house that was designed by one of Japan’s most well-known architects, Junzō Yoshimura, was constructed in 1953. It became one of the most influential Japanese homes of ...

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, built ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

This simple yet elegant home by Key Architects is not just an intriguing example of modern Japanese design — it’s also is the first certified Passive House in Japan. Simplicity has its rewards, and ...

Tiny house design and traditional Japanese aesthetics go hand in hand, and this brand-new house on wheels proves it. A true masterclass in contemporary Japanese-inspired minimalism, the ...

A Japanese house with rock gardens, shoji screens and a tatami room with a Buddhist prayer nook is for sale for the first time since it was built in 1973 for a Japanese American couple. The Rose ...

With the 2020 Summer Olympics on the horizon, prices are rising in Tokyo, Osaka and other major Japanese cities as fewer apartments go on the market. 13 Photos View Slide Show › By Marcelle Sussman ...

When Masaya Kobayashi moved to Tokyo after graduating from a college in Kanazawa, he thought about renting an apartment at first. But he discovered that the monthly rent alone would cost around ...