Architecture Classics: GAZEBO / Riken Yamamoto

Text description provided by the architects. Gazebo is my own house in Yokohama. I always wake up around 6:30 in the morning. I feed the goldfish and clean the cat litter box. I make juice with apples, oranges and cabbage. I can see the rooftop of the house across the alley when I feed the goldfish because the goldfish bowl is on the fourth-floor terrace

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Architecture Classics: GAZEBO / Riken Yamamoto - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade, Beam, Deck
Courtesy of Riken Yamamoto

The rooftop of the three-story building across the alley is filled to the brim with various plants. I exchange morning greetings with the old lady who is watering those plants or hanging wash on the rooftop. It’s getting quite warm, isn’t it? While I am at it, I greet the old lady who is hanging wash on the rooftop two houses away as well. 

Architecture Classics: GAZEBO / Riken Yamamoto - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade
Courtesy of Riken Yamamoto


The everyday life of the local community takes place about four floors above ground level.

Architecture Classics: GAZEBO / Riken Yamamoto - Interior Photography, Door, Windows, Facade, Beam
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Cite: Valentina Díaz. "Architecture Classics: GAZEBO / Riken Yamamoto" 20 Feb 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1014087/architecture-classics-gazebo-riken-yamamoto> ISSN 0719-8884

Courtesy of Riken Yamamoto

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