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    Traditional Japanese House × Stylish Atriums

    Traditional Japanese House

    Traditional Japanese houses utilize natural materials like wood, earth, and paper to create a lifestyle where you feel light, breeze, and seasonal shifts. Spatial compositions that gently link inside and outside—such as deep eaves, verandas, shoji screens, tatami mats, and garden connections—embody wisdom for enjoying the four seasons. Incorporating traditional motifs and materials while adapting to modern living creates a quiet, comfortable environment that goes beyond mere oldness. Savoring wood expressions, shadows, and garden viewing brings Japanese richness to daily life. Here, we introduce traditional Japanese houses that harmonize with nature and stay close to seasonal changes.

    Stylish Atriums

    A stylish atrium utilizes double-height vertical volume to flood the home with natural light and create expansive sightlines across levels. Clerestory windows or skylights capture sunlight to illuminate deeper areas of the layout, offering shifting light patterns throughout the day. Paired with open-staircases or expansive glass walls, it subtly maintains family connectivity across floors. Utilizing atrium perimeter spaces for built-in bookcases or workstations turns vertical volume into usable, attractive nooks. Designing with acoustic, thermal, and lighting considerations achieves openness without sacrificing livability. Introducing homes with stylish atriums filled with soaring light and visual depth.

    Find Architectural Projects for Traditional Japanese House and Stylish Atriums

  • Iimori Folk House|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    A light ceiling of paper shoji screens with kumiko latticework is set against the beams; skylights made of glass roof tiles allow light to accumulate above the ceiling.

    Architecture Firm:Tetsuya Kimura Architects

    Tetsuya Kimura Architects

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

    Wet-Engawa
    Traditional Japanese House
    Shoji
    Plaster Wall
    Generational Home
    Void
    Engawa
    Exposed Beam
    Reclaimed Beam
    Capturing Light
    TimberFrameRegeneration
    PaperScreens
    GlassRoofTiles
    IroriHearth
  • House in Shimogamo|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    House in Shimogamo|Atrium

    Architecture Firm:Echizen Design Laboratory

    Echizen Design Laboratory

    Edobori Center Building B1, 2-1-1 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka

    Fully Openable Sash
    Terrace
    Wet-Engawa
    Traditional Japanese House
    Void
    Natural Garden
    Passage Doma
    Eaves Space
    Capturing Light
  • House on a Flagpole Lot|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    House on a Flagpole Lot|Atrium

    Architecture Firm:12mm Architects

    12mm Architects

    1-1564 Shikenya, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

    Traditional Japanese House
    Flag-Shaped Lot
    Shoji
    Void
    Engawa
    Entrance Doma
    Japanese Modern
    Capturing Light
    atrium
    shoji
    engawa
    JapaneseHouse
    genkanDoma
  • Urata House|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    Urata House|Atrium

    Architecture Firm:Echizen Design Laboratory

    Echizen Design Laboratory

    Edobori Center Building B1, 2-1-1 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka

    Traditional Japanese House
    Reclaimed Wood
    Renovation
    Kominka Restoration
    Generational Home
    Built-in Furniture
    Built-in Kitchen
    Timber Frame
    Solid Wood
    Exposed Beam
  • House in Shimogamo|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    House in Shimogamo|Atrium

    Architecture Firm:Echizen Design Laboratory

    Echizen Design Laboratory

    Edobori Center Building B1, 2-1-1 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka

    Fully Openable Sash
    Terrace
    Wet-Engawa
    Traditional Japanese House
    Void
    Natural Garden
    Passage Doma
    Eaves Space
    Capturing Light
  • Renovation of an Urban Residence Retaining a Kura | Abeno Residence|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    Looking up from the dining. When the kura was detached, the end of the main house was extended by one span, which altered the roof geometry.

    Architecture Firm:Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

    Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

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

    Traditional Japanese House
    Reclaimed Wood
    Renovation
    Kominka Restoration
    Japanese House
    Exposed Beam
    Island Kitchen
    Reclaimed Beam
    Japanese Modern
    Natural Materials
    SeismicRetrofit
    SeismicAssessment
    ThermalUpgrade
    Kura
    Herringbone
  • A Bengara Home in Kosei|Traditional Japanese House|Atrium|Custom-built house

    The second-floor slab above the dining room was removed to create a void. The cedar ceiling boards have a lustrous vermilion-red finish.

    Architecture Firm:Tetsuya Kimura Architects

    Tetsuya Kimura Architects

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

    Traditional Japanese House
    Renovation
    Shoji
    Authentic Garden
    Kominka Restoration
    Generational Home
    Living with Dogs and Cats
    Timber Frame
    Exposed Beam
    Capturing Light
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