Japanese Minimalist Houses: Top Photos

Silence, wood, and light in the tradition that taught the world what emptiness can do

Gassho-zukuri farmhouse, Ogimachi Village, Shirakawa-go, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
A gassho-zukuri farmhouse in Shirakawa-go — the steeply pitched thatched roof a structural response to mountain snowfall, the interior proportion a product of that same necessity. © Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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