The aim of this study is to clarify how contemporary Japanese architects describe the appearance of their housing works in the composition of the text. Initially, terms about the design of houses are categorized into three groups; condition of the project, spatial operation by the architect, and the efficiency as a result of the operation. Secondly, relation of each category is analyzed. Finally, "description form of architectural appearance" and characteristic types of description are extracted.; “responding to condition”, “placing a high premium on spatial operation”, “clarifying rationality of the relation between condition, operation and efficiency”, “clarifying efficiency to condition”.
