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Low-Tech Utopia: Inside a Japanese Greenhouse Commune

Architect Hiroshi Iguchi’s Millennium City is an experiment in communal, sustainable living.

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This story was originally published in Dwell’s July/August 2005 issue.

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Published

April 30, 2009

Last Updated

March 10, 2025

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