Holz Bau’ is a study conducted by a small architectural office in Tokyo
on German timber architecture. It began with a hunch, a feeling of
disconnection between conventional timber construction and traditional
methods when designing timber buildings in Japan. The first part
features a reissue of a pre-war architectural magazine that served as
source material and inspiration to explore further. The second contains
photographs of researched buildings, with plans and sections newly
created for this book. Lastly, essays about the technical history and
potential of timber engineering, plus conversations with architect Go
Hasegawa and German architect Jan Theissen of AMUNT
