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Most of the house is oriented toward the glass curtain wall overlooking the town of Odawara, save for private areas like the shared bathroom.
Most of the house is oriented toward the glass curtain wall overlooking the town of Odawara, save for private areas like the shared bathroom.
The sunken bathtub in George Nakashima’s Sanso Villa mimics the shape of a swimming pool on the grounds. His daughter, Mira Nakashima, took over the studio after his death and now lives and works on the property. “A Japanese garden often has a central pond derived from the character for ‘heart’ or ‘spirit,’ and this may be an abstraction of that character,” she says of the tub’s sculptural form.
The sunken bathtub in George Nakashima’s Sanso Villa mimics the shape of a swimming pool on the grounds. His daughter, Mira Nakashima, took over the studio after his death and now lives and works on the property. “A Japanese garden often has a central pond derived from the character for ‘heart’ or ‘spirit,’ and this may be an abstraction of that character,” she says of the tub’s sculptural form.
The Heath tiles in the bathroom were hand-selected from boxes of factory seconds.
The Heath tiles in the bathroom were hand-selected from boxes of factory seconds.
The bathroom includes a walk-in tub.
The bathroom includes a walk-in tub.
The upstairs showers are particularly ingenious: Operable skylights loom above, and perforated, galvanized-steel platforms open up to spacious, sunken bathtubs.
The upstairs showers are particularly ingenious: Operable skylights loom above, and perforated, galvanized-steel platforms open up to spacious, sunken bathtubs.