A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture, and
how the style and features can serve as a model for contemporary
residential buildings. With incredible detail (as well as numerous
architectural plans and drawings), author and architect Heino Engel
describes everything from room functions and the flexibility of
partitions to the influence of human anatomy on Japanese units of
measure. Rather than exploring why the traditional Japanese house
is built the way it is, Engel delves into the practical
information: what the Japanese house is and how it is built. This
book is not simply a description of the features of the Japanese
house, but "an invitation to probe the possibilities of utilizing
this architectural achievement of the Japanese...in modern living
and building," according to the author, who further believes that
the unique details of the Japanese house are better suited as a
pattern for contemporary housing than any other form of residential
structure. With a new foreword by architect and professor Mira
Locher, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, this
updated hardcover edition brings this popular work to modern
readers--in hopes that they may find ideas to adopt into their own
home.
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