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, also called Azuma House (Japanese 東邸), is a personal residence in Sumiyoshi-ku,
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, also called Azuma House (Japanese 東邸), is a personal residence in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
, Japan. It was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando in his early career. It was designed without exterior windows reflecting the desire of the owner to feel that he was not 'in Japan', but to compensate for lost light, an interior courtyard with cross walkway was created.
Further reading
*Francesco Dal Co. ''Tadao Ando: Complete Works''. Phaidon Press, 1997.External links
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