This Home Beautifully Blends Traditional and Modern Japanese Architecture www.architecturaldigest.com

Approaching the T3 house in Kamakura, Japan, from the street, you’re confronted with a somewhat nondescript façade—it’s a concrete wall with a gate that mimics a shōji, a Japanese paper screen.
Elements of classic Japanese sukiya residential architecture, such as a silhouette defined by long, continuous eaves, are combined with contemporary touches, like a rooftop pool.
Aesthetically, the house recalls traditional typologies—for instance, the rock garden—as well as traditional materials including black plaster, cedar, granite, and paper used in shōji.
A contemporary influence, however, was the decision to include steel in the eaves, ensuring the building’s longevity.
We hope that this house will be inherited to the next generation, along with the Japanese traditional design language.”Tour the elegant home—and soak in its views of Mount Fuji—below.