Collection by Luke Hopping
The cantilevered upper volume shades a deck on the ground floor.
The house cantilevers out over the landscape for unimpeded views. “It’s canted wall defines the main entrance and creates a covered space for unpacking and packing—a familiar family ritual,” Howat says.
This bright white home in Fujisawa, Japan, facilitates outdoor living within its walls with pockets of open interior space.
Large gum trees offer a natural barrier for the house. Harkness designed the house's footprint in order to minimize the effect on tree roots. “The retained trees offer a sense of layering and age that new vegetation won’t be able to for a long time,” Harkness says.