Villa K Private Home
Seiji Takahashi
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Villa K Private Home by Seiji Takahashi Villa K is a private house built in Toyota City, Japan. Villa K stands next to an existing traditional Japanese wooden house and forms a contrast with the older structure. The building is a single continuous space of 5.4 metres in width and about 100 metres in length, surrounded by concrete walls 380 millimetres thick. The heat storage of the concrete keeps the interior cool in summer and warm in winter. The house contains an atelier and gallery for painting and pottery, a pool, a billiards area and a garage. Large rocks removed from the riverbed are used in the landscape design.
Bronze A' Design Award Winner
Villa K Private Home by Seiji Takahashi is an esteemed winner of the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award. Villa K Private Home earned the Bronze A' Design Award in 2024 and is showcased on Best Designs of the World among other outstanding designs. Explore the details of the project, discover other works by Seiji Takahashi and see why Villa K Private Home design rises above its competition.
About Villa K
Architecture, Building and Structure Design Villa K Private Home by Seiji Takahashi Villa K is a private house built in Toyota City, Japan. Villa K stands next to an existing traditional Japanese wooden house and forms a contrast with the older structure. The building is a single continuous space of 5.4 metres in width and about 100 metres in length, surrounded by concrete walls 380 millimetres thick. The heat storage of the concrete keeps the interior cool in summer and warm in winter. The house contains an atelier and gallery for painting and pottery, a pool, a billiards area and a garage. Large rocks removed from the riverbed are used in the landscape design. Villa K earned the Bronze A' Design Award, a respected level of recognition in the A' Design Award & Competition. Bronze A' Design Award works combine new ideas with skillful innovations, and are selected by a grand jury, as valuable entries in their respective categories, after fair, just, meritocratic and independent academic review, where nominated designs are voted via blind peer-review process on pre-established, publicly-available evaluation criteria.
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