Some buildings merely coexist with the landscape, but others enhance it. Erretegia, a restaurant specializing in Basque cuisine and designed by the Tokyo architect Hiroshi Nakamura, does both. Overlooking Japan’s Inland Sea near Hiroshima, some 450 miles southwest of Tokyo, the bar-shaped building hugs the ground, while a transparent wrapping barely separates inside from out. The linear structure, topped with an oversize pitched roof, deftly underscores the beauty of its surroundings, enhanced by Landscape Niwatan Design + Artisan Office.
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