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An Artist and his Wife Retires to Home that Soars Over Nara

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This work by architect Yoshiaki Yamashita features a unique roof with an amazing sky box.

The home is sited on a hill that overlooks the city of Nara in Japan.

An incredible cantilever far over the entrance is starkly solitary, the only detail on a blank wall, with just a hint of the hole in the roof.

As you approach it is clear that interesting things are going to happen.

While bedrooms are on this floor, you are compelled to continue to explore the sky.

As you continue, the light becomes brighter.

You’ve made it to the top of the world!

What a homecoming.

Under that perch in the sky is what seems like an outdoor living space for eating and living.

The space can actually be enclosed by sliding glass.

But it can also be enjoyed as an open air platform during Nara’s warm summer and spring weather.

What appears to be a dropped ceiling above the concrete kitchen counter is actually that sky box viewing spot.

The bold and brave home is all the more surprising as it is for a retired couple.

Unusually, while the living room is upstairs, bedrooms are on the middle floor.

The basement floor is an art studio.

The husband enjoys the deep quiet space of exposed concrete in the basement to work on oil paintings.

And after a day’s work oil painting in the basement, where better than to rest than in this magical place in the sky!