Books | 02 Oct 05 | Stumble

Phaidon + Japanese residential architecture. Phaidon publishes lush, high quality tomes with a highly refined design sensibility that encompasses both book contents and book design. They're the original. Japanese House is no exception, it's a Modern House for Japan, meaning a "an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan and (featuring) an array of projects from a variety of architects". There are five chapters; Tiny Houses, Inside/ Outside, Multi Generation Houses, Work/Play, and Vacation Houses. Architects featured include Kazuyo Sejima, Jun Aoki, Shigeru Ban, Hitoshi Abe, Shuhei Endo, Nobuaki Furuya and Hiroshii Nakao. Hardcover, 240 pages, 220 color images, $47.25 at Amazon.

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