Kinuta Residential House
Nobuaki Miyashita
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Kinuta Residential House by Nobuaki Miyashita Kinuta is a residential house built on a narrow urban plot in Tokyo, Japan. The site is 3.6 m wide, and setback rules reduce the effective frontage to under 2.6 m. The living, dining, and kitchen area is placed on the second floor to gain privacy and southern daylight. A walled courtyard with a timber deck and planted green walls turns the setback zone into a quiet outdoor room. The entrance, corridor, and stair form a linear sequence that emphasizes depth. Dark ceramic siding with a dry joint system keeps the facade joints continuous, including at corners.
Bronze A' Design Award Winner
Kinuta Residential House by Nobuaki Miyashita is a winner of the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award. Kinuta Residential House earned the Bronze A' Design Award in 2026 and is showcased on Architectural Design Winners among other exceptional designs. Explore the project details, discover other works by Nobuaki Miyashita and see why Kinuta Residential House design rises above its competition.
About Kinuta
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Kinuta Residential House by Nobuaki Miyashita Kinuta is a residential house built on a narrow urban plot in Tokyo, Japan. The site is 3.6 m wide, and setback rules reduce the effective frontage to under 2.6 m. The living, dining, and kitchen area is placed on the second floor to gain privacy and southern daylight. A walled courtyard with a timber deck and planted green walls turns the setback zone into a quiet outdoor room. The entrance, corridor, and stair form a linear sequence that emphasizes depth. Dark ceramic siding with a dry joint system keeps the facade joints continuous, including at corners. Kinuta earned the Bronze A' Design Award, a respected level of recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Bronze A' Design Award works combine new ideas with skillful innovations, and are selected by a grand jury, as valuable entries in their respective categories, after fair, ethical, meritocratic and impartial academic review, where nominated designs are voted following blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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