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 House with Skip Floors
Kumi Inoue Architects
Kumi Inoue Architects

House with Skip Floors｜Introduction to Architecture Firms｜Stepped Levels Enrich the Space

Author: Qurasuki Editorial Department
A skip floor (split-level) is a design technique that introduces intermediate floor levels between primary floors to produce three-dimensional variation and spatial depth. By manipulating sightlines and ceiling heights, it can make confined floor areas feel more expansive, and it is often employed in urban housing as a planning strategy that turns compact site constraints to an advantage. At the same time, this approach demands the designer’s experience and technical expertise due to considerations such as accessibility (barrier-free design) and increased complexity in structural planning. Here we introduce architectural firms that have refined the skip-floor concept into a distinctive spatial quality.

House with Skip Floors

Archiplace

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

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

Atelier Cotocoto

4 Sekimachiminami, Nerima-ku, Tokyo

Kumi Inoue Architects

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

Naoko Matsumoto Architects & Associates

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

Yosuke Tomiya Architectural Design Co., Ltd.

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

Ringo Studio, First-Class Architect's Office

Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture

Far East Design Lab.

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

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

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

Takeshi Hirobe Architects

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

Takayoshi Nakamura Architects & Associates

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

Tatsumi Negishi Architectural Studio

532-5 Nakazawa, Hidaka City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

ARCHIXXX Satoru Shinno Architectural Design

2-4-34 Minamimorimachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Abax Architects

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

Hirotaka Sato Architects

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

JYU ARCHITECT

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