Modern Japanese House: 0000 - Hardcover

Pollock, Naomi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071484554X ISBN 13: 9780714845548

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2005

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2005-11-01 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher: Phaidon Press Modeled on the format of Modern House. Modern House 2. and Modern House 3. Modern Japanese House is an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan . and features an array of projects from a variety of architects. both known and new to the international architecture scene The projects are divided into five chapters - Tiny Houses. Inside Outside. Multi Generation Houses. WorkPlay. and Vacation Houses - that reflect the issues particular to residential design in Japan. Architects featured include such familiar figures as Kazuyo Sejima. Jun Aoki. Shigeru Ban. Hitoshi Abe and Shuhei Endo. as well as lesser known practitioners such as Nobuaki Furuya. Hiroshii Nakao. among others.

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Review:

'A beautiful, revelatory book, opening up a world of Japanese architecture that has been little known in the West...Pollock conveys the ingenuity – the sheer variety of solutions – of architects facing some decidedly ‘challenging’ sites. Their designs are full of wit, surprise and a sense of grace and serenity...A great strength of this book is that each group of houses is prefaced by an introduction which sets them against a background of tradition and social change in Japan, followed by a detailed description of each design which shows exactly how it evolved.' (Architect’s Journal)

Synopsis:

Modeled on the format of Modern House, Modern House 2, and Modern House 3, Modern Japanese House is an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan and features an array of projects from a variety of architects, both known and new to the international architecture scene. The projects are divided into five chapters - Tiny Houses, Inside/ Outside, Multi Generation Houses, Work/Play, and Vacation Houses - that reflect the issues particular to residential design in Japan. Architects featured include such familiar figures as Kazuyo Sejima, Jun Aoki, Shigeru Ban, Hitoshi Abe and Shuhei Endo, as well as lesser known practitioners such as Nobuaki Furuya, Hiroshii Nakao, among others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 071484554X
• ISBN 13: 9780714845548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240