Tezuka Architects

Profile of Tezuka Architects, headquartered in Japan. Ten projects submitted by Tezuka Architects have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Takaharu Tezuka and Yui Tezuka – © Tezuka Architects

Principals

Takaharu Tezuka
Yui Tezuka

Brief description

With spatial designs that are skillfully integrated with the outside environment, their designs range from private houses to community buildings. Their most important works are the Roof House, in which daily life expands onto the roof, and the Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science, which can be buried under 5m of snow. The Fuji Kindergarten takes the form of a 200m-circumference oval-shaped roof space. Woods of Net, 320 cubic meter of timber members are used and there is nothing same among all the 589 members.

Takaharu Tezuka:

1964 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1987 B. Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology
1990 M. Arch., Architecture at University of Pennsylvania
1990-1994 Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd.
1994 Established Tezuka Architects
2005, 06 Visiting Professor, Salzburg Summer Academy
2006 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley
2009- Professor, Tokyo City University

Yui Tezuka:

1969 Born in Kanagawa, Japan
1992 B. Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology
1994 Established Tezuka Architects
2006 Visiting Professor, Salzburg Summer Academy
2006 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Published projects

: Snail House by Tezuka Architects The house has a section similar to that of a snail. The big opening on the ground floor leads from outside into the living room. The space then rolls up to the...

: Umbrella House by Tezuka Architects A house with the structure like an umbrella. There are only four columns to support the cantilever. There is a small courtyard on the center where family...

: House to Catch the Sky 2 by Tezuka Architects + Masahiro Ikeda Co. Minimal house surrounded by other buildings on three sides with a 500mm clearance. Privacy is ensured by a unidirectional skylight and by windows equally set...

: Atelier in Ushimado by Tezuka Architects "Please make spaces with good proportions," was the initial request. Being told this is beneficial for the architect. However, it is somehow difficult. Putting...

: Machiya House by Tezuka Architects + Masahiro Ikeda Co. The site, located in an isolated subdivision carved into the hillsides, is the typical of the outer suburbs developed in 1960s. The land is subdivided into...

: Woods of Net by Tezuka Architects This is a permanent pavilion for a net artist, Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam. The artist knitted the net entirely by hands, which is designed for children to crow...

: Wall-less House by Tezuka Architects + Masahiro Ikeda Co. This large site in a dense residential neighborhood in Setagaya-Ku district in Tokyo provides a rare opportunity to open the house completely to the landscape...

: Jyubako House by Tezuka Architects Located in a dense residential area, this compact house has only a bathroom on its top floor. The middle level enjoys maximum ceiling height and great...

: House of Ship by Tezuka Architects + Ohno Japan A house over looking Pacific Ocean, Fuji Mountain, and Kamakura Mountains. The Living room is rapped around with a ring Balcony as a stern of 17th century...

: Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science by Tezuka Architects + Masahiro Ikeda Co. Located in the mountains of Matsunoyama, a region of Niigata Prefecture known for its heavy winter snowfalls, Kyororo is a facility dedicated to educational...