🇯🇵Japan·Demolished
Glass Block Wall, Horiuchi House (ガラスブロックウォール 堀内邸)
Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
Sources checked October 2026
“A screen of glass blocks set between the house and the traffic of the street.”
- Year
- 1979
- Architect
- Tadao Ando
- Type
- Private house
- Access
- No longer standing
Built by Tadao Ando in 1979 in the Sumiyoshi ward of Osaka, this three-storey house was screened from the street traffic by a freestanding glass block wall. It no longer exists.
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History
Tadao Ando built the Horiuchi House in 1979 in the Sumiyoshi ward of Osaka. It no longer exists.
Architecture
The house had three storeys. A glass block wall, standing free of the building, screened it from the street traffic.
Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
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