YUUA Inc.

YUUA is an architecture office in Tokyo, working from a hundred-year-old kominka in Koenji, Suginami, under the line Yet Unknown Urbanists and Architects. Founded in 2008 by Madoka Aihara and incorporated in 2021, it is a first-class architect office registered with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and its international team mixes Japanese, Dutch and Danish training.

The practice handles planning, design and supervision for buildings of many uses, from houses and apartments to offices, shops, clinics and a funeral hall, and extends into interiors, furniture, landscape and urban design. Projects include the 1.8M Width House, 360° House, In-Between Dwelling, Kajita Apartments, YUUA Machiya, La Matière and Spatium Nihonbashi East. The 360° House won an iF Design Award in 2022, and the office has figured in the Architizer A+ Awards, Dezeen Awards and JIA selected works.