🇯🇵Japan·Private home, not open to visitors

Ito House, Setagaya (伊東邸)

Setagaya, Tokyo

Sources checked October 2026

“Exposed-concrete walls curving in an arc toward the intersection, and behind them a closed courtyard where a large cherry tree grows.”

Year: 1990
Architect: Tadao Ando
Type: Three-family residence
Access: Private residence, not open to visitors

Tadao Ando designed this house for three families in 1990, on a corner plot in Setagaya; it was completed in November of the same year. Toward the intersection, its exposed-concrete walls trace an arc. Behind them, the three independent dwellings are linked by a closed courtyard where a large cherry tree stands.

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

Tadao Ando drew up Ito House in 1990 for a corner plot in Setagaya, an exclusive residential ward of Tokyo. Intended for three families, it was completed in November 1990.

Architecture

The reinforced-concrete house has three levels and 504.8 m² of floor area: 283.8 m² on the ground floor, 183.2 m² on the middle level and 37.8 m² on the top level. Toward the intersection, its exposed-concrete walls describe an arc. Each of the three households has its own dwelling, but a closed courtyard at the back joins them; a large cherry tree grows there. The house includes seven bedrooms and a space for a boutique or atelier.