• Apartamento Magazine
  • issue 32, Autumn/Winter 2023-24

House with an Earthen Floor

House with an Earthen Floor is the smallest residence of Kazuo Shinohara’s realised works. Completed in 1963 on the outskirts of the mountain resort town Karuizawa, the house was designed as a retreat for photographer Kiyoshi Ōtsuji. Measuring a perfect square at only 24 shaku (approx. 7.3 metres) on each side, the plan is divided…

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