Japan houses / by Marcia Iwatate and Geeta K. Mehta.
By: Iwatate, Marcia
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Contributor(s): Mehta, Geeta K.
Material type: 
BookPublisher: North Clarendon, Vt. : Tuttle, c2005Description: 240 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 31 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0804836965.Subject(s): Architecture, Japanese | Interior decoration -- JapanDDC classification: 728.0952
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 728.0952 IWA | 1 | Available |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Japanese residential design has evolved as a distinctive response to social, political, and climatic pressures-along with the powerful individual ideas of its architects. Japan Houses presents 28 of the country's finest contemporary houses. Each house is beautifully captured through breathtaking photographs, showcasing the creativity of Japan's leading architects and designers and their innovative use of building materials, spatial concepts, and aesthetic surprise.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- A Japanese House for the 21st Century (p. 9)
- Kashima Surf Villa (p. 16)
- IS House (p. 26)
- Abstract House (p. 36)
- Zig House & Zag House (p. 44)
- Shizuoka G House (p. 52)
- Nojiriko Villa (p. 62)
- Engawa House (p. 70)
- Misonou House (p. 78)
- Sukiya Extension (p. 86)
- H House (p. 94)
- N Guesthouse (p. 104)
- Yufuin Residence (p. 112)
- Katsuura Villa (p. 120)
- Aobadai House (p. 128)
- Koyama Residence (p. 136)
- O House (p. 144)
- Roundscape House (p. 152)
- M House (p. 160)
- Shima House (p. 168)
- Kunitachi House (p. 176)
- Habikigaoka Residence (p. 184)
- I House (p. 192)
- Karuizawa Gallery Villa (p. 200)
- TK House (p. 208)
- Zaimokuza House (p. 216)
- Kiyosato Gallery (p. 224)
- The Architects (p. 234)