Esumi Atelier, Registered Architects ／ Izumo, Shimane
Build in wood. Mend in wood.
Move it in wood.
From new timber houses in local cedar and cypress to the restoration and relocation of old farmhouses — and shops, ryokan, clinics, civic buildings, thatched roofs and the conservation of National Historic Sites. Since 1990, 135 works built on a single idea.
A home changes as a family grows. Think in centuries, and it serves three generations — so we work in Japanese timber, not imports, and let the structure breathe. New build, renovation, relocation: to us, one continuous practice.
— from “The Design of Timber Houses”
Activities & Journal
活動の記録worksに住宅3件、古民家1件を追加しました
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Esumi Atelier has kept three diaries of daily design, sites and life. Our work has appeared in Shotenkenchiku, Jutaku-kenchiku and other journals; the bookshelf holds the architect's interests.
Where to begin
はじめての方へBuild or inherit a home
A timber home in local cedar and cypress, made to last a century — from new build to renovation shaped around how you live.
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Restore or relocate a kominka
Keep a century-old frame and carry it another hundred years. Restoration, renovation — or relocation and rebuilding.
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Shops, ryokan & public buildings
Souan, Shussai Kiln, a kindergarten, civic buildings — timber thinking across uses and scales.
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選りすぐりの仕事
対角の平屋
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草菴紫雲閣
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日野町の古民家
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slowhouse
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A Series — Souan
連作｜草菴Souan, a ryokan at Yunokawa Onsen, is a group of buildings assembled from relocated old farmhouses. Across 10 projects from 2004 onward, Esumi Atelier shaped it building by building — from Restaurant Suzuna (a Taisho-era kominka relocated from Gifu) to the detached rooms, the thatched gate and Shiunkaku. One long story.
An Atelier in a Restored Kominka
古民家を再生したアトリエOur workplace is a 300-year-old farmhouse we restored ourselves. From the Izumo Koshi Kominka School we survey empty houses, conserve thatched roofs, and run CitySwitch international exchanges — staying close to the continuity of living and landscape, beyond design alone. We welcome interns.
Talk to us about a house or a kominka
You can visit houses we've built. Please get in touch.