Japan Houses

Author : Marcia Iwatate
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781462905942

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Japan Houses by Marcia Iwatate Pdf

This Japanese architecture and design book is a wonderful source of new styles and ideas for those looking to add a distinctively Zen flair to their home. Limited spaces, unlimited technology, a tradition of innovation, and sheer Japanese panache have combined to inspire the 26 stunning homes featured in Japan Houses. Conceived by 24 of Japan's leading architects and designers, each of the houses forecasts and defines a new trend in residential architecture, reinventing the meaning and use of space, material, and function. Traditional lifestyles are challenged, domestic functions such as cooking and entertaining are moved out of the house into the public domain, while laptops bring work back in. Zen minimalist is juxtaposed with comfortable opulence, time-honored workmanship is coupled with exciting new materials, resulting in a recognizable style that belongs to Japan, reflecting its culture and craftsmanship, while at the same time being avant-garde and international. The spirit of each of these astonishing houses is captured in beautiful photographs, plans and commentary.

Author : Jordan Sand
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684173846

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House and Home in Modern Japan by Jordan Sand Pdf

"A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artifact, a material extension of its occupants’ lives. This book takes the Japanese house in both senses, as site and as artifact, and explores the spaces, commodities, and conceptions of community associated with it in the modern era. As Japan modernized, the principles that had traditionally related house and family began to break down. Even where the traditional class markers surrounding the house persisted, they became vessels for new meanings, as housing was resituated in a new nexus of relations. The house as artifact and the artifacts it housed were affected in turn. The construction and ornament of houses ceased to be stable indications of their occupants’ social status, the home became a means of personal expression, and the act of dwelling was reconceived in terms of consumption. Amid the breakdown of inherited meanings and the fluidity of modern society, not only did the increased diversity of commodities lead to material elaboration of dwellings, but home itself became an object of special attention, its importance emphasized in writing, invoked in politics, and articulated in architectural design. The aim of this book is to show the features of this culture of the home as it took shape in Japan."

Author : Japan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017801734

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Diplomacy in Japan, being remarks upon correspondence respecting presented to both Houses of Parliament by Japan Pdf

Author : M. A. Hines
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780313001123

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Japan Real Estate Investment by M. A. Hines Pdf

From long personal experience, research, and private conversations with international real estate investors, analysts, and marketing executives, Dr. Hines identifies succinctly and precisely the differences between investing in Japanese real estate and real estate elsewhere--the crucial differences, plus the risks and hazards that real estate professionals must know and understand. She shows that the new Japanese economic environment is having its affect on real estate there, how foreign investors are influencing the value of property and the systems to analyze it, and why the financing of real estate in Japan through loan and equity securitization is on the rise. Real estate professionals will be particularly interested in her coverage of commercial and residential property, while specialists with other interests will also get an unusual view of Japanese urban planning, land development, and tenure changes over time, information that is rarely available in English. Dr. Hines focuses on the Tokyo metropolitan area and on office buildings and shopping centers, in general but she also covers residential and industrial property investment across Japan. Readers will get a quick view of the new investment climate and aspects of economic, cultural, governmental, and environmental change in Japan. She gives a brief history of Japanese land tenure and views current land planning and control from a historical perspective. For real estate professionals there are chapters on leasing, marketing, land development, and construction, and she delineates the differences between Japanese real estate appraisal and international valuation methods and practices. Also noted is the increased use of income capitalization methods. Dr. Hines examines differences between Japanese and international real estate investment methods of analysis, particularly in light of Japanese real estate financing and taxation. She also illustrates the imputed interest charge methods of investment analysis and gives special emphasis to internationally approved discounted cash flow analysis. Finally, the book examines the trend toward real estate securitization and shows how banks and other financial institutions are reducing their real estate lending and restructuring themselves to prepare for a new era of economic reform.

Author : Cathelijne Nuijsink
Publisher : Nai Uitgevers Pub
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 905662850X

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日本の家の作り方 by Cathelijne Nuijsink Pdf

Nowhere in the world have architects built homes as small as in Japan, and nowhere with such success. This title presents the designs of the latest generation of architects and situates them in the historical evolution of Japanese housing. The extremely small Japanese dwelling, by Western standards, can barely be considered a comfortable place. This requires knowledge of the traditional Japanese home, the family culture and the limitations of building in densely populated areas. The strength of the Japanese dwelling turns out not to lie in a rational quantity of square metres, but to be of a spiritual nature. Using critical research, interviews and projects, This book presents the state of the art of the individual house in Japan. In addition, it provides insight into the unique design approach of different generations of Japanese architects. The 21 completed homes in this reference book are richly illustrated with drawings and photographs. In this way, this book offers inspiration for the construction of unique small dwellings.

Author : Richard Ronald,Allison Alexy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136888861

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Home and Family in Japan by Richard Ronald,Allison Alexy Pdf

In the Japanese language the word ‘ie’ denotes both the materiality of homes and family relations within. The traditional family and family house - often portrayed in ideal terms as key foundations of Japanese culture and society - have been subject to significant changes in recent years. This book comprehensively addresses various aspects of family life and dwelling spaces, exploring how homes, household patterns and kin relations are reacting to contemporary social, economic and urban transformations, and the degree to which traditional patterns of both houses and households are changing. The book contextualises the shift from the hegemonic post-war image of standard family life, to the nuclear family and to a situation now where Japanese homes are more likely to include unmarried singles; childless couples; divorcees; unmarried adult children and elderly relatives either living alone or in nursing homes. It discusses how these new patterns are both reinforcing and challenging typical understandings of Japanese family life.

Author : Naomi Pollock
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0714869627

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Jutaku: Japanese Houses by Naomi Pollock Pdf

Quirky, surprising and entertaining - with more than 400 houses, Jutaku is architecture at the speed of Japan. Frenetic. Pulsating. Disorienting. Japan's contemporary culture is constantly in flux. In stark contrast to the centuries old imperial architecture of Kyoto, recent Japanese architectural practices have ushered in an era of continuous experimentation. With 400 houses, one house per page, one image per house, Jutaku: Japanese Houses is a fast-paced, "quick hit" shock to the system that shines a Harajuku-bright neon light on the sheer volume, variety and novelty of contemporary Japanese residential architecture. Featuring the work of many of Japan's most famous architects including Shigeru Ban, Sou Fujimoto, Toyo Ito, Kengo Kuma, Jun Igarishi, Shuhei Endo and dozens of up and coming and completely unknown young architects, Jutaku is organized geographically taking readers on a bullet train journey across Japan's architectural landscape. Essential reading for architects, designers and fans of contemporary Japanese culture.

Author : Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende
Publisher : Marsilio
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 8831725769

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The Japanese House by Pippo Ciorra,Florence Ostende Pdf

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Japanese House: architecture & life after 1945,' this catalogue contains a vast selection of photographs, drawings, projects and analyses offering a comprehensive overview of Japanese residential architecture from the post-war period to the present day. 13 thematic sections present different aspects of the research, documenting the work of archistars such as Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Kenso Tange, the contributions of architects less well known outside Japan and the experimentation of the younger generations. In parallel, essays by the curators and by Hiuroyasu Fujiola and Kenjiro Hosaka, along with biographies of all the architects, painstakingly map the country's domestic architecture"--

Author : Kenneth J. Ruoff
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684176168

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Japan's Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945-2019 by Kenneth J. Ruoff Pdf

"With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff has expanded upon and updated The People’s Emperor, his study of the monarchy’s role as a political, societal, and cultural institution in contemporary Japan. Many Japanese continue to define the nation’s identity through the imperial house, making it a window into Japan’s postwar history. Ruoff begins by examining the reform of the monarchy during the U.S. occupation and then turns to its evolution since the Japanese regained the power to shape it. To understand the monarchy’s function in contemporary Japan, the author analyzes issues such as the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution, the intersection of the monarchy with politics, the emperor’s and the nation’s responsibility for the war, nationalistic movements in support of the monarchy, and the remaking of the once-sacrosanct throne into a “people’s imperial house” embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. Finally, Ruoff examines recent developments, including the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the heir crisis, which have brought to the forefront the fragility of the imperial line under the current legal system, leading to calls for reform."

Author : EDWARD S. MORSE, PH.D., A.M.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS by EDWARD S. MORSE, PH.D., A.M. Pdf

Author : Simon Gunn,Susan C. Townsend
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781350075948

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Automobility and the City in Twentieth-Century Britain and Japan by Simon Gunn,Susan C. Townsend Pdf

Automobility and the City in Twentieth-Century Britain and Japan is the first book to consider how mass motorization reshaped cities in Japan and Britain during the 20th century. Taking two leading 'motor cities', Nagoya and Birmingham, as their principal subjects, Simon Gunn and Susan C. Townsend show how cars changed the spatial form and individual experience of the modern city and reveal the similarities and differences between Japan and Britain in adapting to the 'motor age'. The book has three main themes: the place of automobility in post-war urban reconstruction; the emerging conflict between the promise of mobility and personal freedom offered by the car and its consequences for the urban environment (the M/E dilemma); and the extent to which the Anglo-Japanese comparison can throw light on fundamental differences in cultural understanding of the environment, urbanism and the self. The result is the first comparative history of mass automobility and its environmental consequences between East and West.

Author : Edward Sylvester Morse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044037722345

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Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings by Edward Sylvester Morse Pdf

Author : Japan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Japan
ISBN : HARVARD:32044061571907

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The Constitution of Japan by Japan Pdf

Author : Edward Sylvester Morse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Architecture, Japanese
ISBN : UCM:5306948110

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Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings by Edward Sylvester Morse Pdf

Author : Henry Addison Nelson,Albert B. Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Presbyterian Church
ISBN : UOM:39015068263055

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The Church at Home and Abroad by Henry Addison Nelson,Albert B. Robinson Pdf