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 Homes Featuring Wood-Burning Stoves
Kumi Inoue Architects
Kumi Inoue Architects

Homes Featuring Wood-Burning Stoves｜Introduction to Architecture Firms｜The Richness of Life with Fire

Author: Qurasuki Editorial Department
Time spent watching a flickering flame brings a primal richness to contemporary homes. Installing a wood‑burning stove requires meticulous planning from the design stage, including chimney layout and exhaust routing, fireproofing using non‑combustible materials in the surrounding area, and provision of wood storage. Spatial planning that considers modes of heat transfer and heating efficiency, together with strategies for HVAC and thermal insulation performance, are also essential design elements that support a comfortable wood‑stove lifestyle. Here we introduce architectural firms that have incorporated the presence of fire into residential design.

Homes Featuring Wood-Burning Stoves

Kota Goto Architectural Studio

1-17-1 Unuma-Haba-chō, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect

2nd Floor, Okada Building, 2-25 Tsurumai Higashi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan

KASA ARCHITECTS

2-21-2-1S Fuda, Chofu City, Tokyo

Abax Architects

203 Higashi-Shin Building, 1-7-12 Awaza, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Mochizuki Architectural Atelier

2-23-1-1248 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / 614 Katakura-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo

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

Mitsuhiro Kojima Architects

426-1-101 Higashisin-machi, Ota City, Gunma Prefecture

Atelier Cotocoto

4 Sekimachiminami, Nerima-ku, Tokyo