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 House with Second-Floor Living Room
KASA ARCHITECTS
KASA ARCHITECTS

House with Second-Floor Living Room｜Introduction to Architecture Firms｜Open Views, Transformed Living

Author: Qurasuki Editorial Department
Positioning the living room on the second floor has gained attention as a design strategy that maximizes daylight and views while mitigating overlooking and street noise. In urban contexts and densely built residential areas in particular, the second floor often benefits from superior solar exposure compared with the ground floor, making it easier to realize a bright, open living space. Conversely, careful planning of household circulation is required to address tasks such as moving belongings vertically and to allow for future accessibility and barrier‑free adaptations. Here we introduce an architectural firm whose designs enhance quality of life through the selection of a second‑floor living room.

House with Second-Floor Living Room

T-Architectural Studio

3-4-20 Tsujido Higashikaigan, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

KICHI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

4-6-3 Kenkyu Gakuen, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Tetsuya Kimura Architects

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

Takeshi Hirobe Architects

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

Yu Architectural Design Studio

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

Abax Architects

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

Yosuke Tomiya Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

4-8, 16-chome, 5-jo, Shinkawa, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido

Kurashi no Jōzōsho

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

Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

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

Kumi Inoue Architects

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

Coo Planning

201, M'S Kyomachibori Building, 1-7-17 Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

In-Ex Design Co., Ltd.

4-59 Takanoizumicho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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

Tokuhiro Norimatsu Architect

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

Kota Goto Architectural Studio

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

e do design architects

3-7-7 Minatocho, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

*studioLOOP Architects

3-8-4 Asahino, Itakura-machi, Ora-gun, Gunma Prefecture

YIA Ishiue Yoshihiro Architectural Design Office

1572 Amagawataki-cho, Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan