Architecture Overview | Jonathan Savoie Studio

A flat-roofed white courtyard house at dusk, open to the garden, with black leather armchairs, a white tufted lounge chair, a long white kitchen counter with four wooden chairs, a slender maple tree in the foreground and a strip of lawn edged with pebbles

A long pale timber table seen from one end, with the curved backs of four wooden chairs against a softly glowing white wall and window

A timber-framed glass building seen from above, with a double-height interior and staircase visible through a grid of slim mullions, a board-marked concrete wall at the left, a wall of vertical timber slats at the right and treetops against a blue sky

Two rounded, boxy boutique buildings veiled in hanging metal strands and softly lit at dusk, with the Dior name on their façades, an open glazed entrance and dark planting along the paved foreground

A glass tower and two slim twin towers rising above a low-rise complex of arched, tree-covered buildings with planted roofs, seen from above on an overcast day, with a street, crosswalks and pedestrians below

A long white counter with black cantilever chairs in a bright white room, with softly lit recesses behind it, small laptop icons on the wall and a single laptop glowing on the ledge

A courtyard enclosed by tall, dark copper-clad walls with a dimpled texture, where a person lies on a stone block in a patch of sunlight beneath a clear blue sky

A bank lobby with a reflective grey stone floor, bright orange armchairs, dark perforated columns and a teal patterned screen, with a man seated at a low table in the background

Two flights of perforated metal stairs crossing in front of a pale blue corrugated wall, with thin cable balustrades

Black ramps and stairs sweeping through a white and concrete atrium, cut by a bold red diagonal beam, with a pair of visitors on the steps at the bottom

A narrow concrete staircase running between two tall white walls, seen from above, rising toward a slot of daylight at the top

A night view over dense Tokyo rooftops toward a white church with arched glowing windows, a rooftop garden and a concrete bell tower among surrounding apartment blocks and offices

A black-and-white view of a white travertine and glass museum pavilion beyond a broad stepped platform, with a person sitting on a low wall beneath carved lettering and neighbouring Roman buildings behind

A pale blue gallery wall with a tall narrow opening that frames white staircases and a constellation-like wall drawing in the next room, with a translucent oval form hanging at the top right

A hotel reception hall with a panelled wooden counter, a wall of small steel lockers behind it, exposed white pipes overhead, two stone stools on a concrete floor and a blurred staff member standing at the counter

A glowing, translucent white glass building on a street corner at dusk, banded with blue lines and showing the Dior name, with pedestrians crossing the street below and trees in the foreground

Interior of Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, designed by Kenzo Tange, showing its sweeping suspended roof, spectator seating and timber arena floor.

A faceted glass corner building patterned with a diagonal diamond grid, glowing at dusk with the shop inside, beside street trees and a quiet road

A white double-height shop hall with a glowing curved counter bearing the Louis Vuitton name, tan quilted-leather sofas, low white benches and glass tables on a pale polished floor, and a staircase at the back

A narrow corner building at dusk, its upper storeys wrapped in tiers of glowing timber louvres above a bank branch at street level, with a taxi, pedestrians and neon signs along the street

A long white bedroom with two white beds in the foreground, white cabinetry along the left wall and a floor-to-ceiling glazed wall at the right, with a black armchair, a sofa and a small desk with a screen in the distance

A tatami room with low round black lacquer tables set with napkins and chopsticks, three mustard-yellow floor chairs on cushions and a large softly lit alcove of frosted glass behind them

A low, flat-roofed white building set into a grassy bank, its roof dotted with scattered square dark openings and small windows in its walls, beside a floodlit sports field and a white block under a lavender dusk sky

A narrow corridor with a mirrored wall on the left, glowing magenta and blue panels on the right and a concrete floor leading to two white Jumpman logos on the far wall

A timber staircase with a glass balustrade seen through a screen of fine vertical slats crossed by a thin grid of dark lines, glowing warmly with the light behind it

A rectangular wooden bathtub against a wall of large grey-blue stone tiles, with a rain shower, a hand shower and a bamboo mat on the floor

A white faceted stair bridge crossing a double-height atrium between two walls of white lattice fitted with spotlights, with a visitor looking over the edge from above

A round timber dining table with upholstered wooden armchairs beneath two black conical pendant lights, in a quiet white room with a full-height glass wall at the right

A shop entrance beneath a vaulted ceiling made of rows of sculpted white sneakers, with mirror-steel panels, shelves of products and a glowing KITH sign on a grey mosaic wall

A large blue-grey windowless house front with a single tall, narrow opening in which a small child stands beside a white sliding door, squeezed between a brick wall and a clapboard neighbour

The soaring concrete interior of a cathedral, its walls folding up to a tall narrow window of golden light with a cross, above a red-carpeted aisle and rows of wooden pews

The billowing, silver-grey stainless-steel curves of a concert hall against a cloudy sky, with two tiny pedestrians crossing the wet pavement at its base

A tall, white, vaulted chapel interior seen from a gallery, with layered arches framing a large arched window, rows of white pews dotted with blue, yellow and orange seats and a white oval lectern at the left

A lit stone staircase rising between two walls covered in glittering dark hexagonal tiles in blue, gold and silver, with glass-walled lounges glowing pink and red on either side and a strip of blue sky above

A woman in a dark kimono standing at the end of a narrow timber-panelled passage, lit from below and above, with a tatami floor and a low wooden step in the foreground

A long, low building with a single sweeping, steeply pitched grey roof at the edge of a lawn, framed by a stand of tall evergreens and a curving path

A living room under a coffered concrete ceiling of angled triangles, with tan leather sofas and a glass table on a pebbled floor, and floor-to-ceiling glass looking onto a lit pool and the city lights at night

A cedar-slatted bathing room with a dark stone bath beneath a skylight, a timber basin with a chrome tap in the foreground, and a warm orange glow along the right-hand wall

A bright gallery with a pale timber floor and a large frosted window onto a garden, in which three tall, slender bronze figures stand and a blurred visitor passes at the right

An open living and kitchen space beneath a white ceiling folded in angular planes and edged with slim lines of light, with black leather chairs on a dark timber floor and a black kitchen island at the right

A dimly lit guest-room living space with a grey sunken sofa around a black lacquer table on tatami, a deep indigo wall hung with three dark panels, and a paper shoji screen at the right

Two tall, silver-clad skyscrapers joined by a sky bridge rising above a shopping podium, a pond and leafy park, with other towers and a hazy, overcast sky around them

The sweeping white ribbons of a sculptural staircase in a shop, in cool blue shadow, with glimpses of the shop floor beyond

A long restaurant dining room high above Tokyo, with tan upholstered chairs and linen-covered tables at the left, a herringbone-striped floor down the middle, a banquette and round table at the right under a cluster of tall white pendant lights, and floor-to-ceiling windows

A small room flooded with saturated red light, with a trapezoidal opening to the dark blue sky overhead, a small window in the far wall and a low platform edged in glowing pink

The interior of a huge oval stadium seen from the stands, with a timber-lattice roof framing an opening of cloudy blue sky above red running tracks, a striped green pitch and tiers of seating

A hotel bedroom with a large white-linen bed, a grey tufted bench at its foot, two slender white pendant lights and a swirling wood-grain wall panel, beside a tall window onto skyscrapers

The narrow white façade of a Ginza building, open at the lower levels to show stacked watch boutiques on cantilevered balconies behind a glass frame, with pedestrians passing on the pavement and neighbouring buildings either side

A faceted, mirror-bright aluminium building with deep triangular cuts, seen across a playground where children play beneath a blossoming cherry tree, with a bicycle in the foreground and a red-and-blue rope climbing frame at the right

The upper curve of a gleaming stainless-steel arch rising against a clear blue sky

A view from behind dark horizontal metal slats toward a brick apartment tower whose irregular window frames glint copper in the evening light

A narrow bathroom lined in dark grey stone, with two white basins on a timber counter, a lit mirror and a full-height window onto trees in autumn colour

Shoppers moving past the tilted glass walls of a circular shop, where white round display tables are stacked with red and blue clothing and bags, and a figure in a hat is silhouetted in the foreground

A small red-ochre villa perched on a rocky headland above a deep blue sea at sunset, with a stair zigzagging down the cliff and distant mountains on the horizon

A concert hall made of sweeping, shell-like white and stainless-steel ribs rising in tiers against a deep blue sky, with a low stone wall bearing the building's name in the foreground

A hazy view across the rooftops and towers of central Tokyo under a dark grey sky, with a large pyramidal dark roof in the middle ground, a green glass tower beyond and a football pitch at the lower right

A stack of white, boxy capsule units with round windows clustered around two concrete cores beneath a rust-coloured spire, seen between street trees and neighbouring office buildings

A night view across a turquoise swimming pool to a house under a huge diagonal concrete roof, its glazed living area lit from within and surrounded by dense tropical foliage

A slender, egg-shaped skyscraper wrapped in a white diamond lattice rising against a deep blue sky and billowing clouds, with trees and a plaza at its base

A boutique interior with curved white display shelves holding striped handbags, shoes and mannequin heads, set on a glossy pale pink marble floor beside a staircase

A house with a white, angled upper volume that cantilevers over a carport behind a long board-marked concrete wall, a window reflecting clouds, and brick neighbouring houses either side

A glass cylinder displaying sneakers on a ring-shaped conveyor of pairs, under a mirrored ceiling that doubles shelves of shoes into blue reflections

A timber-floored room with a staircase of wooden treads hung from slender black rods, a woven-reed ceiling, and two small folding screens on a dark plinth in a softly lit alcove

A low, dark copper-clad museum with a twisting tower rising behind a row of palm trees, seen across a garden and lawn under a clear blue sky

A glass-clad building on a street corner glowing blue at night, with the Dior name high on two façades, palm-leaf patterns in the lower windows and a couple standing at the entrance near a crosswalk

Looking up from inside a vast, low concrete canopy through a large angular opening of bright blue sky, with bare branches at the edge and small rectangles of daylight scattered across the dark floor around a tiny distant figure

A cathedral of pleated, silver-grey walls rising to sharp points against a pale evening sky, around a slender glazed tower, with cherry blossom at the left, low stone buildings in the foreground and a lone figure standing in the forecourt

A tatami room with an arched rattan sofa in the foreground, paper shoji screens and wide windows onto bright green maple trees, under a timber-beamed ceiling

A hotel suite with a round wooden dining table and grey upholstered chairs in the foreground, a sofa and armchairs on a rug beyond, a sculptural white pendant light and corner windows looking over a city of towers

A row of rounded, softly lit capsule sleeping pods stacked in two tiers along a dark corridor, with a glowing line along the floor and arrows pointing to room numbers 706 to 709

A vast hotel lobby with a timber slatted ceiling, tall columns of white faceted paper lanterns, blue lattice windows and scattered red, yellow and black armchairs on a checkered carpet

The rounded edge of an infinity pool in pale blue, merging with a calm grey sea and a soft overcast sky at the horizon

A slender corner building clad in glowing white vertical glass fins in six curving tiers, lit against a deep blue night sky, with a lit shop entrance under the name Niwaka at street level and a crosswalk in the foreground

A raked gravel garden with moss patches and rough stone seats, backed by a low rust-coloured perforated steel wall and a leaning maple tree beneath tall cedars in fresh green foliage

A cube-shaped shop wrapped in a lit woven metal façade glowing against a deep blue night sky, with a lit window display under the Stella McCartney name at street level and a tree at the right

A long pale timber table with two white moulded chairs and wooden stools in a tall white room, with a recessed horizontal opening in the wall behind and a concrete floor

The glass corner of a house cantilevered over a lush, palm-filled hillside, reflecting the distant city skyline while the real skyline stretches across the hazy horizon

A white stadium ringed by tall arched concrete buttresses beyond a vast plaza paved in geometric blue-grey patterns, with a small group exercising in the middle distance under a clear sky

A bright, open workshop hall under a grid of slender white columns and a skylit roof, filled with wooden workbenches, desk lamps, tools, potted plants and stools, with sunlight and shadow across the concrete floor

A narrow passage between a board-marked concrete wall and a row of vertical white fins, washed in red light, with a glowing red strip along the floor and a slatted opening to the evening sky overhead

A minimalist white bedroom with two low white beds and white cabinetry, opening through a wide frameless window to a small walled lawn with a slender multi-stemmed tree

A low timber table and a floor chair with a black cushion on a pale tatami floor, with a green moss bowl on the table and paper lanterns glowing at either side

A black-and-white view of a rectangular office tower whose floors project in thin horizontal ledges above a row of street trees, with a wide empty road in front

A high-rise hotel bathroom with a long white vanity and round basins under a mirror, a desk by floor-to-ceiling windows, a white freestanding bath at the lower right and a green park and misty city skyline beyond

A small corner building wrapped in a dense, tangled lattice of cedar sticks, its forms swelling above a glass entrance, with a small tree sprouting from the top and a quiet street in front

A broad timber-decked pier shaped like a shallow bowl, its zigzag terraces rising to a glazed entrance under a curved roof edge where visitors stand, against a soft pastel sky

A tower of offset white boxes clad in fine metal mesh rising above older brick and concrete buildings on a street corner, with a rainbow-coloured sign and pedestrians at its base

A close view of the curved, ribbed underside of a huge hanging roof, with rows of rods and fittings in front of a dark grid of steel and glass

A smooth white curved volume standing on a street corner between older grey and tiled buildings, with a blurred couple walking past in front of it and a crosswalk in the foreground

Tall office towers at dusk against a deep blue sky, their thousands of windows lit, including a dark tower with a diagonal steel brace at the left and a diamond-lattice rounded tower at the right

A sculptural white staircase winding in broad ribbons through a dark shop interior, with a man in a dark suit looking down from an upper level and mannequins in the shadows beyond

A tall lobby with a floating stone-treaded staircase rising past a wall of striated travertine, a glass-and-steel balustrade, grey armchairs against a timber wall and a glass-topped vitrine on the floor, in front of a backlit slatted window with a column of blue glass drops hanging down it

A station platform beneath a rhythmic series of white wavy ribs, with a yellow train at the left, platform doors, hanging signs and a lone commuter walking toward the far end

A black-and-white view of a dark cylindrical tower hung with large cantilevered boxes, rising above a flyover and neighbouring office buildings, with Japanese characters lit near its top

A two-storey timber and glass house glowing at dusk under a broad overhanging roof, beside a rough stone retaining wall, with a long reflecting pool in the gravel, a lawn in the foreground and mountains beyond

A tall black building on a Ginza corner, its dark panelled façade punctured by irregularly placed translucent windows and marked with the Chanel name, under a pale evening sky with cars blurring past below

A two-storey glass house lit from within at night, its slender white roof planes slanting over a timber-lined living level raised above a concrete base, with dark trees behind and a lawn in the foreground

A shopfront window filled with hanging, glowing monogram flowers and icons in pink, blue and green, with a giant plush panda, a trunk and two mannequins inside, under the Louis Vuitton name

A cantilevered concrete museum volume jutting out over a plaza, its long glass band reflecting the ochre buildings of the neighbourhood, with cyclists and pedestrians below and red sculptures at the right

A long, low glass-walled hall glowing at night beneath the dark canopy of trees, its interior filled with desks, workshop materials and slender white columns, with a park bench in the foreground

A building façade of sweeping white curved fins with dark slits and an oval glazed opening, with a lone pedestrian carrying an umbrella along the pavement beneath it and rounded green shrubs at the kerb

A white hotel entrance with its name in large letters above open wooden doors, a red bicycle parked at left, pine trees and a mossy paved forecourt, and a man in a dark suit walking past in front

A concrete stairwell with a glass balustrade and a slanted white ceiling, lit by a slim ribbon window at the left and a wall of vertical steel fins at the right looking onto trees

A vertical view down a multi-storey retail atrium of exposed concrete beams, with a long diagonal beam in the centre, a large video screen showing a blue sky, escalators at left and shop floors with mannequins at right

A lounge with sofas and armchairs on a stone-paved floor beneath an angular ceiling of lit panels in violet and blue, with a raised tatami platform, paper lamps and windows onto trees at the far end

A passage between stacked dark stone slab walls leading to a pool of luminous green water, with small blue rectangular openings in the ceiling above

A hall with a timber-slatted ceiling, a board-marked concrete feature wall, a stair with a slim metal balustrade, a bronze-clad reception block and a glass wall onto a planted courtyard, with signage for a library

A long, low timber-clad house glowing at night in a clearing, with a row of narrow lit windows, a glazed pavilion at the left, a cantilevered upper volume at the right and a gravel drive lit in pools of light, surrounded by dark pines and a lawn in the foreground

A cathedral at night under a deep blue sky, its steeply angled, steel-clad walls rising to a tall slotted tower above a stone podium, with cherry blossom at the left and clipped hedges in front

A black-and-white view of a large, curved-roof building clad in white tiles, with stepped terraces and stairs at the left and angled vertical fins at the right, against a black sky

A night view of a long glass hall whose curved, lit roof structure shows through the glazing above a curved stone podium, with illuminated office towers behind

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