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An AD100 Architect Turns an Island Into a Japanese Villa Fantasy

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Tranquil scene of a house and pyramid on a rocky island coastline under a cloudy sky.
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AD100 architect Bjarke Ingels has completed a resort built directly into an island, which he describes as "a Scandinavian architect's fantasy of a Japanese villa." Architectural Digest frames the project as part of a new wave of Japandi design — the blending of Japanese restraint with Scandinavian warmth into a single architectural language. Ingels's own words serve as the clearest brief for the building itself: two design traditions distilled into one structure, set into the water on an island site.

With reporting from Architectural Digest.

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