Leaf House has blank metal facade to hide tree-planted courtyard www.dezeen.com

Apollo Architects & Associates has designed the austere metal-clad exterior of this compact home to disguise a central planted courtyard covered by exposed wooden rafters.
Leaf House is located in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Tokyo where its owners also run a dentistry clinic.
This level is illuminated by a skylight that covers half of the roof, allowing light to enter through the gaps between the wooden rafters.
Dark wooden flooring, grey wall finishes and uplighting illuminating the rafters creates warm, intimate spaces for Leaf House.
Tokyo-based Apollo Architects & Associates was founded by Satoshi Kurosaki in 2000, and has previously completed another house in Tokyo that featured a closed, black exterior, opening-up internally to overlook a courtyard planted with a tree.