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    Compact House × Stylish Exteriors

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    Follow your intuition to save photos that catch your eye. Explore spatial designs to uncover implicit preferences you haven't yet put into words.

    Compact House

    A compact house is a deliberately streamlined dwelling that prioritizes only essential functions and spaces. By optimizing plan efficiency, it reduces construction costs, utility bills, and ongoing maintenance expenses, and is well suited to narrow lots and dense urban contexts. Compact design fosters closer family connections and offers advantages such as efficient domestic circulation and ease of cleaning. This collection presents case studies demonstrating how a rich, high-quality lifestyle can be achieved within a compact footprint.

    Stylish Exteriors

    A curated compendium of homes showcasing contemporary, sophisticated exterior design. This feature presents approaches to façades and materiality that harmonize with the surrounding streetscape while accentuating individual identity, offering practical ideas to realize your ideal residence. The selection spans a broad spectrum—from minimalist modern to natural expressions and designs endowed with a sense of solidity and gravitas.

  • A Small House for Open Living in the Gap Between Buildings | Kigawa Row House|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    A small house offering open living amid the gaps between buildings.
    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka
    Iron Details
    Simple Life
    Industrial
    Large Opening
    Bike Garage
    Wood Texture
    Exposed Beam
    Engawa
    Toplight
    Wood Deck
    Urban housing
    Interior-exterior integration
    Galvalume steel cladding
    Tatami mats
    Softwood plywood
  • House in Momoyama|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Living room — night view
    Architecture Firm:Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Room 902, Famille Kamichoja-machi, 22-9, 2-chome Shimoru, Kamichoja-machi, Higashihorikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Natural Materials
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Circulation Flow
    High Thermal Insulation
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Energy-Saving House
    Wet-Engawa
    Couple Living
    Independent Kitchen
  • Residence in Kamiuma|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Residence in Kamiuma|Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates
    Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates
    1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Terrace
    Narrow House
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Lattice
    Urban House
    Tsubo Garden
    Wet-Engawa
  • House in Momoyama|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Room 902, Famille Kamichoja-machi, 22-9, 2-chome Shimoru, Kamichoja-machi, Higashihorikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Natural Materials
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Circulation Flow
    High Thermal Insulation
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Energy-Saving House
    Wet-Engawa
    Couple Living
    Independent Kitchen
  • A Small House for Open Living in the Gap Between Buildings | Kigawa Row House|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior at dusk. Because suspended doors run along the façade, the entry light is specified as an uplight.
    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka
    Iron Details
    Simple Life
    Industrial
    Large Opening
    Bike Garage
    Wood Texture
    Exposed Beam
    Engawa
    Toplight
    Wood Deck
    Urban housing
    Interior-exterior integration
    Galvalume steel cladding
    Tatami mats
    Softwood plywood
  • House in Momoyama|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Room 902, Famille Kamichoja-machi, 22-9, 2-chome Shimoru, Kamichoja-machi, Higashihorikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Natural Materials
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Circulation Flow
    High Thermal Insulation
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Energy-Saving House
    Wet-Engawa
    Couple Living
    Independent Kitchen
  • A Small House for Open Living in the Gap Between Buildings | Kigawa Row House|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior walls are clad in ribbed Galvalume steel, referencing materials and construction methods commonly found in the neighborhood.
    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka
    Iron Details
    Simple Life
    Industrial
    Large Opening
    Bike Garage
    Wood Texture
    Exposed Beam
    Engawa
    Toplight
    Wood Deck
    Urban housing
    Interior-exterior integration
    Galvalume steel cladding
    Tatami mats
    Softwood plywood
  • A Small House for Open Living in the Gap Between Buildings | Kigawa Row House|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Slim expanded-metal paired suspended doors.
    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka
    Iron Details
    Simple Life
    Industrial
    Large Opening
    Bike Garage
    Wood Texture
    Exposed Beam
    Engawa
    Toplight
    Wood Deck
    Urban housing
    Interior-exterior integration
    Galvalume steel cladding
    Tatami mats
    Softwood plywood
  • House in Momoyama|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Room 902, Famille Kamichoja-machi, 22-9, 2-chome Shimoru, Kamichoja-machi, Higashihorikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Natural Materials
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Circulation Flow
    High Thermal Insulation
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Energy-Saving House
    Wet-Engawa
    Couple Living
    Independent Kitchen
  • House in Momoyama|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Room 902, Famille Kamichoja-machi, 22-9, 2-chome Shimoru, Kamichoja-machi, Higashihorikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Natural Materials
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Circulation Flow
    High Thermal Insulation
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Energy-Saving House
    Wet-Engawa
    Couple Living
    Independent Kitchen
  • A Small House for Open Living in the Gap Between Buildings | Kigawa Row House|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    A plan to demolish and rebuild the single dwelling that remained in the gap between larger buildings.
    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates
    302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka
    Iron Details
    Simple Life
    Industrial
    Large Opening
    Bike Garage
    Wood Texture
    Exposed Beam
    Engawa
    Toplight
    Wood Deck
    Urban housing
    Interior-exterior integration
    Galvalume steel cladding
    Tatami mats
    Softwood plywood
  • House in Momoyama|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Masahiko Sawamura Architect and Associates
    Room 902, Famille Kamichoja-machi, 22-9, 2-chome Shimoru, Kamichoja-machi, Higashihorikawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
    Natural Materials
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Circulation Flow
    High Thermal Insulation
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Energy-Saving House
    Wet-Engawa
    Couple Living
    Independent Kitchen
  • Residence in Kamiuma|Compact House|Exterior|Custom-built house
    Residence in Kamiuma|Exterior
    Architecture Firm:Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates
    Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates
    1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Terrace
    Narrow House
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    Lattice
    Urban House
    Tsubo Garden
    Wet-Engawa
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