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 Homes with Scenic Views
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Abax Architects

Homes with Scenic Views｜Introduction to Architecture Firms｜Techniques for Integrating Views into the Home

Author: Qurasuki Editorial Department
Views unique to a site—mountains and forests, urban nightscapes, pastoral scenery—are valuable resources that can substantially elevate the worth of a residence. To maximize the potential of a view, meticulous consideration is required from the earliest stages of design, encompassing site layout as well as the placement, dimensions, and heights of windows and other openings. Designers are judged by their experience and sensibility in tasks such as composing openings as frames for vistas, directing sightlines, and reconciling views with privacy. Here we introduce architectural firms that have artfully linked the local landscape with their built work.

Homes with Scenic Views

Far East Design Lab.

Cercle Akasaka 1F, 4-2-25 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo

「ha」 hosaka hironobu architect associate

3-8-9 Oji, Kita-ku, Tokyo

Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect

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

Mochizuki Architectural Atelier

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

Yoshihiro Ito Architect & Associates

7-8 Honmachi, Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture

Kumi Inoue Architects

2-6-15 Kuwazu, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Takayoshi Nakamura Architects & Associates

4-26-27 Utsukushigaoka, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Archiplace

502 Palm House Hatsudai, 1-20-2 Honmachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

AtelierMA

2B Yanakada Building, 3-13-2 Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo

Hirotaka Sato Architects

3F, 32 Shibakoen Building, 3-4-30 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo

H₂O Design Office

939-73 Higashi-Arai, Minuma-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture

YIA Ishiue Yoshihiro Architectural Design Office

1572 Amagawataki-cho, Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

JYU ARCHITECT

2-19-19 Nakane, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

Kurashi no Jōzōsho

4-14-12 Honkugenuma, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture

Mitsuhiro Kojima Architects

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

Takeshi Hirobe Architects

1-13-2 Suwa, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Yu Architectural Design Studio

159-20 Tsuboi-cho, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture

Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

1304 Park Front Nakano Arai Yakushi, 5-5-10 Arai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan