Japan Houses Ideas for 21st Century Living.pdf

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JAPAN
HOUSES
IDEAS FOR 21ST CENTURY LIVING
by Marcia Iwatate and Geeta K. Mehta
photographs by Nacása & Partners Inc
TUTTLE Publishing
Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore
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New Japan House in the 21st Century 7
Contents by Geeta K. Mehta
Kashima Surf Villa 12
IS House 18
Abstract House 26
Zig House & Zag House 32
Shizuoka G House 38
Nojiriko Villa 46
Engawa House 52
Misonou House 56
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Sukiya Extension 62 Shima House 124
H House 68 Kunitachi House 130
N Guesthouse 76 Habikigaoka Residence 136
Yufuin Residence 82 I House 142
Katsuura Villa 88 Karuizawa Gallery Villa 148
Aobadai House 94 TK House 154
Koyama Residence 100 Zaimokuza House 160
O House 106 Kiyosato Gallery 166
Roundscape House 112
M House 118 The Architects 173
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New Japan House in the 21st Century
by Geeta K. Mehta
The Japanese house provides a valuable paradigm in the search in part plished through the use of extending the floor and
for new directions in residential architecture in the 21st cen- ceiling materials from the interior to the exterior of the house.
tury. Japan is a wealthy nation of innovative people and highly Doorframes and sliding rails are embedded into the floor and ceil-
developed architectural traditions. The outstanding features of ings to guide the eye effortlessly from the interior to the exterior.
Japanese design at its best continue to be the same as they have This is how the Zig House & Zag House (page 32) and I House
been throughout history; contemporary materials now give (page 142) invite their lush surroundings in. On the other hand,
the design a new vigor, rendered with a characteristic Japanese the tiny Engawa House (page 52) uses these same techniques to
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