SMALL HOUSES - CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DWELLINGS

SMALL HOUSES - CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE DWELLINGS

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Model/Varenr.: 9783034607445
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Skrevet af HILDNER

When designing small residences, Japanese architects play with the
boundaries of space, employ unusual materials, and develop new concepts
for living together. The creativity of Japans architects is revealed by
their buildings and by their ability to organize even the tiniest space.
The short life of residential buildings has led to an enormous store of
architecture ideas, and Small Houses documents the current approaches.


Japanese residential buildings are and have always been a
seismograph of current trends in the country s architecture. The
evolution this housing type has undergone since the early days of
Japanese modernism is therefore the subject of Ulf Meyer s introductory
essay. The project descriptions that follow it are dedicated to the
specifically Japanese approach to certain elements of architecture. The
focus of the project description is on the architectural concept,
communicated to the reader in numerous illustrations and overview plans.
Scattered texts provide more detailed information about the cultural
and design background.

Small Houses is addressed to
architects, interior designers, students, and interested members of the
general public. Although it includes works by such renowned architects
as Sou Fujimoto Architects and Atelier Bow-Wow, the primary focus is on
buildings by firms that are not yet famous abroad but have already
attracted a lot of attention in Japan for their powerful architectural
ideas.