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The Simple House

A curated collection of custom-designed residences embodying minimalist principles by eliminating superfluous elements. These homes showcase refined aesthetics through thoughtful selection of materials and color palettes, while enhancing livability with well-conceived spatial layouts and storage solutions. Featuring exemplary cases and innovative ideas, this compilation highlights dwellings that are simultaneously simple, functional, and imbued with sophisticated design sensibility.

House with Skylights

Roof skylights delivering up to three times more light than vertical windows to brighten deep interior zones. Introducing toplight residential examples.

Different spaces are connected through the windows.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
A plan in which small houses nestle at the four corners of a larger house.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Washroom and bath that enjoy views of the woodland; walls are finished with subway tile.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
A simple house form: a true 8.1 m × 8.1 m square plan under a pyramidal hip roof.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Inside the small house—daylight pours in through the skylight.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Garden, the greenery of the woodland, sky… a view framed by the window.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Above the living room is a small pavilion containing a terrace—an exterior space experienced as an interior.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Lighting concept in which four small houses glow to illuminate the four‑corner space.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
A door fitted with antique glass panels serves as the entrance to the living room.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
The approach is a square concrete entry court that echoes the form of the building.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
House of Four Pavilions and an Alley | Four-Corner House｜Dining Area

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
View toward the four‑corner space from the study. The staircase is constructed of expanded metal.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Entrance leading to the doma; the floor is mortar tinted with sumi ink.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
View toward the four‑corner space from the kitchen. The kitchen countertop is stainless steel with a vibratory finish.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Japanese-style room. Iron legs were custom-designed to complement the client's black-walnut tabletop.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Living room featuring a large staircase. At a half level above, the four‑corner space contains the dining kitchen.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
From the Japanese room's window one can see the main house, the terrace, and the avenue of cherry trees.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing
Doma-style garage. Beneath the mezzanine is a secret hideout.

Yoshihiro Yamamoto Architects Associates

302, Zeniya Honpo Main Building, 14-6 Ishigatsujichō, Tennōji-ku, Osaka

Skip Floor

High Ceiling

Peninsula Kitchen

Sloped Ceiling

Sky-Framing Window

Natural Materials

Void

Toplight

Picture Window

Closed to Outside, Open to Inside

subway-tile

shiplap-cladding

shou-sugi-ban

secret-hideout

child-rearing

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