House in Nishimikuniby Arbol Design

A garden snakes between the cedar-clad walls of this house in Osaka by Japanese architects Arbol Design who chose to enclose the garden within the high walls that surround the property to keep the spaces out of view from tall apartment buildings close by. Designed for a retired couple, the single-storey wooden home stands out from the rendered concrete multi-storey apartment blocks in the Nishimikuni district of central Osaka.