Located in the Japanese Fukui prefecture, this modern single family house was designed in 2016 by Fujiki Architectural Design Studio.

Description by Fujiki Architectural Design Studio
This is an award-winning project designed by Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato who are famous for “Aqua-scape” and “Artificial Topography”. It has been granted the Golden A’ Design Award Winner for Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category in 2015-2016.
F.A.D.S designed this home for an art appreciator and amateur artist who wanted a ?house like an art museum.? Planned with careful consideration for air circulation as well as for the harsh, snowy climate of the Japan Sea coast, the structure is composed of white boxes of varying scale that frame spaces like pictures. Seamless Spatial Composition
You can circulate through the spaces in this home looking at the owner?s collection of artwork just as if you were passing through galleries in a museum. The structure fulfills the client?s request that passersby not be able to see inside, while also letting in fresh air and sunlight and achieving a well-sequenced, multi-layered spatial composition. Although the home is made up of a number of cubes of different sizes, the architects tried to create a structure that was as seamless as possible, with the spaces forming a single connected unit. In addition, the client wanted to be able to draw in both the garden and the studio, so the architects incl...