Komachi Building is a minimalist house located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by KEY OPERATION INC.. This multi-story building was designed for lease to Japanese restaurants. With its wooden tategoshi, or verticle latticework, painted with a traditional red-ochre Japanese paint, the building attracts attention even from a distance. The latticework softly overlays exterior staircases, emergency escape balconies, windows, and other elements of the building, filtering bright sunlight and lending privacy to the interior.