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Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent "huts"

Dezeen 18 May 2026 2d ago
Kuma&Elsa arranges Japanese apartments around translucent "huts"
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Architecture studio Kuma&Elsa has renovated the top two floors of an apartment block in Japan, creating enclosures that aim to re-create the spatial conditions of a traditional Japanese engawa. Located in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture, Nakano House was completed for a client who wanted to re-create the feeling of her traditional childhood home 15-metres above ground The post Kuma&Elsa arranges Japane
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