Shikishi
Hana Moriwaki
Web Designer & Planner
Based in Tokyo
Kanawa Architects
Corporate Website
Overview
Kanawa Architects builds structures that honor their materials. Their website needed to embody the same philosophy — honest, restrained, and confident in silence.
Challenge
Architecture portfolios often overwhelm with dense project grids. Kanawa wanted each project to feel singular, giving photography and spatial design room to breathe.
Approach
The layout uses wide margins, a single-column flow, and full-width photography with no captions competing for attention. Color is limited to near-black text on off-white. The architecture speaks for itself.