Room

Maple Courtyard House

A quiet Japanese courtyard house built around one Japanese maple. The double-height living room looks into an open-air courtyard of gravel, moss and stones, edged by a timber engawa. Upstairs, a glazed bridge and an open timber bridge join the two wings, so both floors circle the tree: a library with a long desk at the height of the canopy, a reading gallery and a tea lounge. Below, a studio desk faces the garden and a deep, low eave shelters the deck. Rammed earth, oak and washi lanterns.

Available in Locus 1.4.7.