ASHIYA HYOGO
JAPAN


Alongside the lower stream of the Ashiya River that courses through Japan’s Hanshin district sits a guest house designed by world-famous architect Tadao Ando. In the living room, with its distinctive curved wall and vaulted ceiling, Lipparini’s seminal Avedon couch system in royal blue (created for Saporiti Italia) holds center stage. Lipparini-designed shelf units to the right complete this perfect union of form and function.