
Ribbon Chapel / NAP Architects
Two Spirals Become One This wedding chapel stands in a garden of a resort hotel, “Bella Vista Sakaigahama,” in Onomichi, Hiroshima. The site is midway on a hill enjoying a panoramic view of the Inland Sea of Japan. By entwining two spiral stairways, we realized a free-standing building of unprecedented composition and architecturally embodied the […]
ArchitectureChurchHiroshimaJapanNAP ArchitectsWedding
Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co.
Optical Glass House in Hiroshima, Japan by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co.: This house is sited among tall buildings in downtown Hiroshima, overlooking a street with many passing cars and trams. To obtain privacy and tranquility in these surroundings, we placed a garden and optical glass façade on the street side of the house. The […]
ArchitectureHiroshi Nakamura & NAP Co.HiroshimaJapan