Optical glass house

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This modern home is a 2012 project by NAP Architects located in Hiroshima, Japan. Its most notable characteristic is the facade, constructed from glass bricks, that protects and obscures an inner courtyard while providing a show of prismatic natural light. Optical Glass House by NAP Architects: This house is sited ...

photos by Koji Fujii/Nacasa & Partners Inc. | click to enlarge 6000 glass blocks function much like an urban noren – allowing light and air to pass through while revealing only a mosaic of the lush garden inside. The allure of the transparent has forever tickled the architect’s imaginati

A tree-filled courtyard is behind a shimmering glass-brick facade at the Optical Glass House in Hiroshima by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP.

A tree-filled courtyard is behind a shimmering glass-brick facade at the Optical Glass House in Hiroshima by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP.

hiroshi nakamura and NAP architects is a japanese firm founded in 2002. the practice is based in tokyo and is led by architect hiroshi nakamura.

Image 6 of 22 from gallery of Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP. Photograph by Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc

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