House in Toyonaka embeds windows in gaps between monolithic grey boxes

Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed House in Toyonaka, Osaka, as a series of offset boxes with gaps between them that allow light and air to enter the house, while maintaining the occupants' privacy.
FujiwaraMuro Architects, founded by architects Shintaro Fujiwara and Yoshio Muro in 2002,  created the Japanese house as a direct response to its urbanised site in a residential area of Toyonaka city, to the north of central Osaka.The site is enclosed by nearby neighbours