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Homes for Antique Enthusiasts

A curated collection of bespoke residences incorporating antique furnishings and reclaimed timber, evoking a sense of timelessness. These homes showcase individuality through the thoughtful use of materials and accessories that reveal the passage of time. Through innovative renovation and design strategies, the projects harmoniously blend warmth and sophistication, exemplifying residences that balance comfort with refined aesthetics.

Traditional Japanese House

Homes designed for modern living while inheriting traditional features like dirt floors, verandas, and deep eaves. Beautiful wooden post-and-beam frameworks and unity with seasonal gardens. Introducing Japanese house examples embodying traditional living culture.

From the dining room toward the living room, the washi paper was removed from the ranma to create transparency.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
The kura, which had been awkwardly attached to the main house by an extension and had suffered water ingress, was detached and restored to its original form.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Reclaimed Wood

Island Kitchen

Japanese Modern

Japanese House

Exposed Beam

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Natural Materials

Renovation

Reclaimed Beam

SeismicRetrofit

SeismicAssessment

ThermalUpgrade

Kura

Herringbone
The obi doors from the closet were reused after being covered with Japanese paper; part of the assembly was subdivided and fitted with a lattice to serve as a ventilation opening.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
The ceiling, made by reusing the original boards, connects the living room and Buddhist altar room as one continuous space.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
House K/S｜Entrance hall

Yoshihara Tamaki Architectural Design

3-25-11-704 Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Generational Home

Aging Gracefully

Traditional Japanese House

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Flexible Partition
To allow the tatami room fittings and the robust, generous character of the old structural frame to coexist with contemporary living and performance.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Reclaimed Wood

Island Kitchen

Japanese Modern

Japanese House

Exposed Beam

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Natural Materials

Renovation

Reclaimed Beam

SeismicRetrofit

SeismicAssessment

ThermalUpgrade

Kura

Herringbone
Washi paper was applied alternately to the four shoji panels so that each side would present a finished face toward both the living room and dining room.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
The original earthen-floor ceiling is exposed all the way to the back in the upper section.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
A Bengara Home in Kosei｜Living Room

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
The engawa veranda was incorporated into the dining room, and the old wooden glass doors and ranma transom were reused.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The large radiant heating and cooling panels were fitted so that they do not project beyond the line of the columns.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
A retractable screen door was incorporated into the column casing to the right of the door, and indirect lighting was integrated into the kamoi lintel.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
The doors feature a vertical lattice pattern in frosted glass, allowing the dogs and cats beyond to be seen.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
Responding to the characteristics of the existing building, the living spaces are arranged in a D–K–L sequence: dining, kitchen, then living.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Reclaimed Wood

Island Kitchen

Japanese Modern

Japanese House

Exposed Beam

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Natural Materials

Renovation

Reclaimed Beam

SeismicRetrofit

SeismicAssessment

ThermalUpgrade

Kura

Herringbone
Part of the wall diagonally above the entrance door was also opened to create a light-admitting window.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The client purchased a pre‑owned house to be offered as a rental and the property was renovated.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Compact House

DIY

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Remodeling

Kominka Restoration

Retro Modern

Renovation

Income Property

Low Cost

Showa

Retro

Antique

RentedHouse

ForRent
A Western-style bedroom furnished with a bed; the ceiling above the headboard incorporates indirect lighting to avoid glare.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The amber-toned ceiling boards from the original Japanese-style room were also relaid, and the shoin posts were relocated.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
A Bengara Home in Kosei｜Living Room

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
House K/S｜Garden

Yoshihara Tamaki Architectural Design

3-25-11-704 Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Generational Home

Aging Gracefully

Traditional Japanese House

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Flexible Partition
Ceilings in hemlock, walls in German lime plaster, floors in teak herringbone, and joinery in oak.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Reclaimed Wood

Island Kitchen

Japanese Modern

Japanese House

Exposed Beam

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Natural Materials

Renovation

Reclaimed Beam

SeismicRetrofit

SeismicAssessment

ThermalUpgrade

Kura

Herringbone
Light filters through the mushiko-mado windows and wooden latticework, creating an atmospheric presence.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
For the Japanese‑style room and LDK, the existing frames were retained, with only the shoji replaced by glazed lattice doors.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Compact House

DIY

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Remodeling

Kominka Restoration

Retro Modern

Renovation

Income Property

Low Cost

Showa

Retro

Antique

RentedHouse

ForRent
Nearly all of the timber was reused, and the fusuma doors from the chigai-dana storage cabinet were repurposed as doors for the low storage cabinet.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
Looking up from the dining. When the kura was detached, the end of the main house was extended by one span, which altered the roof geometry.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Reclaimed Wood

Island Kitchen

Japanese Modern

Japanese House

Exposed Beam

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Natural Materials

Renovation

Reclaimed Beam

SeismicRetrofit

SeismicAssessment

ThermalUpgrade

Kura

Herringbone
House K/S｜Kitchen

Yoshihara Tamaki Architectural Design

3-25-11-704 Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Generational Home

Aging Gracefully

Traditional Japanese House

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Flexible Partition
A display shelf can be seen at the end of the passage from the dining room to the living room.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
Washroom. Preserving privacy from the facing condominium while framing an old cherry tree through a high window.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Reclaimed Wood

Island Kitchen

Japanese Modern

Japanese House

Exposed Beam

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Natural Materials

Renovation

Reclaimed Beam

SeismicRetrofit

SeismicAssessment

ThermalUpgrade

Kura

Herringbone
A floor was installed across the expansive earthen-floored area to create and organize the entrance.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
Paper shoji, divided to correspond with the wooden glass windows facing the street, were added to ensure privacy.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The former tokonoma alcove and tokowaki side alcove were retained as the room was converted to a Western-style space; the chigaidana staggered shelves were removed and relocated.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
Low round-log beams divide the circulation area.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
The former eight-tatami Buddhist altar room was reduced to four tatami mats, while the remaining four-tatami area was incorporated into the living room as a high-ceilinged space.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The glazed door was adapted and reused from a door that had previously been installed at the entrance.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
Viewed from the living room toward the dining room; the door at the rear leads to the entrance hall.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
Because of the substantial difference in level between the entrance and the Japanese-style room, a step was introduced.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
The exposed high ceiling reveals the floor of the former second-floor sericulture room. Before the renovation, it had been enclosed with a ceiling.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
The display shelf reuses the original built-in elements from the side alcove.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
From the dining room toward the kitchen; the enclosure on the left is the pantry.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji
A dwelling that allows the unhurried pace of life characteristic of rental housing.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Compact House

DIY

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Remodeling

Kominka Restoration

Retro Modern

Renovation

Income Property

Low Cost

Showa

Retro

Antique

RentedHouse

ForRent
The 30 cm difference in level between the living room and the existing Japanese-style room is connected by a generously deep step.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
House K/S｜Dining Area

Yoshihara Tamaki Architectural Design

3-25-11-704 Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Generational Home

Aging Gracefully

Traditional Japanese House

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Flexible Partition
The subtly enclosed feeling of the corner creates a sense of calm.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
Over the years, the road level rose, and the entrance is now reached by descending the stone steps.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
One wall is finished with pale pink Japanese paper and incorporates indirect lighting.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Solid Wood

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Void

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden
An evening view toward the shoji doors leading from the living room to the entrance.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The former shoin screen and ranma transom from the tatami room were relocated to the display shelves; the shoji and mairado sliding doors were adjusted in height and reused.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Reclaimed Wood

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

Reclaimed Beam

MachiyaRenovation

RadiantHeatingAndCooling
The tokonoma from the Japanese-style room was moved to the opposite side and reconfigured as a display shelf in the living room; the former side alcove now serves as the new tokonoma.

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

5-5-5-505 Nishikōji, Minoh, Osaka, Japan

Living with Dogs and Cats

Capturing Light

Exposed Beam

Generational Home

Traditional Japanese House

Timber Frame

Kominka Restoration

Renovation

Authentic Garden

Shoji

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