How to Make a Japanese House (Paperback)

Nowhere in the world have architects built homes as small as in Japan, and nowhere have they done so with such ingenuity and success. "How to Make a Japanese House" presents 21 lessons in how to design a single-family home from three decades of architectural practice. From the Western perspective, in which more space is better space, small interiors may once have seemed undesirable, but Japanese architects have long excelled at overcoming the limitations of building in densely populated areas and creating brilliant effects of spaciousness with minimal square footage. As urban areas across the world grow only more dense in population, a knack for the economic handling and design of domestic space has clearly established itself as a key virtue of contemporary architectural practice. Through a rich array of research, interviews, drawings and photographs, "How to Make a Japanese House" demonstrates that Japanese homes present a radically different way of thinking about architecture, and provide inspiration for dwelling on a smaller scale.

General

Imprint:	NAI Publishers
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	September 2012
Text writers:	Cathelijne Nuijsink
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-90-5662-850-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > General
LSN:	90-5662-850-X
Barcode:	9789056628505

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