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House in Hayama / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The project began with the client's request for an "open-air feeling like a resort" and an "outdoor space where they could enjoy time with their beloved dog undisturbed."

Garage House in Toyonaka / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000

This project involved the reconstruction of a house on a flagpole-shaped lot in a subdivided residential land. The buildable area was surrounded by apartments and tightly clustered private homes.

House in Inagawa-cho / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000

The site is in a residential area that has been rezoned. The client's requests included the following:

House in Nishitanabe / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 19:00:00 +0000

We received a request for a detached house in a conveniently located area in Osaka City. The surrounding area permits the construction of large buildings such as condominiums, and visibility from neighboring houses is a matter of concern.

Private lodging in Minato-ku / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 02:00:00 +0000

This is a private lodging with a frontage of 5.2 m along a main street, with an effective internal width of 3.9 m. The client requested a space that evoked the atmosphere of traditional Japanese architecture. Based on the client's request, we envisioned a floating tea room-like lattice structure with shoji screens (traditional Japanese lattice-and-paper screens), which are visible from the outside, and a small garden path leading to the shoji box.

House and Office in Hokusetsu / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The site faced a wide street, with street trees providing a scenic background. The client requested a house where the family can enjoy the view of the street, trees, and suggested using exposed concrete.

House in Hirano / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The site is in a residential area in Osaka City. The client purchased a plot of land　subdivided into lots for ready-built houses, and the project began. The plot purchased was a flagpole lot. However, given that we could use up to 3 meters of the width of the pole section, we had some room to manipulate.

Two-Generation House in Tennoji-ku / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The site is located in an urban residential area in Osaka. The area around the site is densely built up, and the plot at the back lies on top of a high retaining wall. The client requested a two-generation family home that ensures privacy inside and with greenery that helps connect it to the city. We wanted to design a space that would feel spacious, letting in light while shielding it from the eyes of the surrounding area, while considering the possibility of future rebuilding around the site.

Sunroom House in Tsukaguchi / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The site is in a quiet residential area where the client's family's old house originally stood, and we were asked to design a new building to replace the old one. The overall composition splits the building into two volumes, with an LDK (living, dining, and kitchen area) and private rooms arranged separately. The main space is designed with split floors to increase the sense of spaciousness, creating connections not only in the plane but also in the cross-section so that one can communicate with others in the dining room and kitchen.

House Renovation in Suita / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 20:00:00 +0000

The project was to fully renovate the client's home where he was born and raised. The surrounding area is lined with similar ready-built houses, and we needed to consider the line of sight between neighboring houses when planning the house.

Hokusetsu Polygon House / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The site faces a greenbelt across the road with a 2-meter difference in elevation within it. We wanted to design a residence that would utilize this greenbelt as a backdrop and maintain continuity with the hilly streetscape.

House in Kosai / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:00:00 +0000

A house for a couple and their two kids in a neighborhood in Kosai, Shizuoka prefecture. The design was driven by a desire to live in a house where each space is small but partially interconnected so residents can sense and imagine the space ahead. The clients also expressed that they did not want to live in a box but in a pitched roof house that could go with a wood carved bear. They preferred a facade that opens onto the street side, and an enclosed but central kitchen where the presence of the whole family can be felt. They also wanted to be able to circulate around the whole house.

House in Fujiidera / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:00:00 +0000

FLEXIBLE BOARD is an important element in this project. The project switches materials for each zoning. The flexible board was selected as the product that symbolizes the pathway and as a matte material that matches the wall surface with a texture similar to the concrete of the approach.

House in Okamoto / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0000

This project is a house for a couple and their two children built on a long, narrow triangular site in a residential area on a sloping hillside. It is a common design practice on small sites to install walls as close to the site boundary as possible.

House in Minami-Senri / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:00:00 +0000

In a residential area in the Hokusetsu district of Osaka, the house is located on a long, narrow site with different ground levels. The client, a chef of Japanese cuisine, requested to use various traditional Japanese finishing materials. Effective use of the site's different ground levels offers different viewpoints and varied and expansive spaces.

House in Kohshien / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 02:00:00 +0000

At the time of construction, the street that this lot sits on was only about two meters wide, and the street leading there was narrow as well, making transportation of construction materials difficult. Because the street had a lived-in feeling from the neighboring houses, we envisioned it as an extended approach to the house we were building.

House with Light Void / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 20:00:00 +0000

This condominium is in a hilly area of Kobe, with a balcony overlooking the ocean. The unit is large, about 150 m2, and (prior to renovation) was furnished and finished with quality materials. However, the client wanted to alter its generic “high-end condo” appearance. We began by exploring how to break down the cookie-cutter atmosphere.

House in SouthMinoh / FujiwaraMuro Architects

Hana Abdel — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 20:00:00 +0000

The clients, a couple with children, originally came to our firm with a request to renovate the childhood home of one partner to accommodate two households, theirs and their parents. However, partway through the planning process, they decided instead to search for a new property and build a single-family residence.