🇯🇵Japan·Private home, not open to visitors

House in Takamatsu (高松の住宅)

Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture

Sources checked October 2026

“A corner house in the middle of Takamatsu, bright and open to light and wind while protecting the family's privacy.”

Year: 2012
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: Single-family house
Access: Private residence, not open to visitors

This house in Takamatsu, designed by Tadao Ando's practice, stands on a busy corner plot in the city centre. Despite its urban setting, it protects the family's privacy while letting in natural light and wind. It was published in the magazine Jutakutokushu in November 2013.

A private, lived-in home: it is not open to visitors. It is placed without an address, from a public source, at neighbourhood or city level.

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History

This single-family house in Takamatsu, by Tadao Ando's practice, dates from 2012. The magazine Jutakutokushu published it in its November 2013 issue.

Architecture

The house stands on a busy corner plot in the centre of Takamatsu. In this urban setting it gives the family privacy and a safe place to live, while letting in natural light and wind: the home is bright and open.