Beschreibung:
Naomi Pollock has been writing about design in Japan since 1989. Her articles have appeared in numerous prominent publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Dwell, Interior Design, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and Architectural Record, for whom she is the Special International Correspondent.
A trained and licensed architect, she was a guest curator for an exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 entitled 'Japan 2000: Architecture and Design for the Japanese Public'.
Modeled on the format of Modern House, Modern House 2, and Modern House 3, Modern Japanese House is an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan and features an array of projects from a variety of architects, both known and new to the international architecture scene. The projects are divided into five chapters - Tiny Houses, Inside/ Outside, Multi Generation Houses, Work/Play, and Vacation Houses - that reflect the issues particular to residential design in Japan. Architects featured include such familiar figures as Kazuyo Sejima, Jun Aoki, Shigeru Ban, Hitoshi Abe and Shuhei Endo, as well as lesser known practitioners such as Nobuaki Furuya, Hiroshii Nakao, among others.
A survey of the most innovative new houses built in Japan.
Introduction; Chapter 1: The Tiny House; House in a Plum Grove, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates; "c," Jun Aoki & Associates; Natural Shelter, Masaki Endoh + Masahiro Ikeda; UNS, Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth; T Set, Chiba Manabu Architects; Chapter 2: The Indoor-Outdoor House; Shutter House for a Photographer, Shigeru Ban Architects; Ambiflux, Akira Yoneda/Architecton; Balcony House, Tezuka Architects; "S," Jun Aoki & Associates; Introspective, Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth; Chapter 3: The Multigeneration House; House in Higashi-Otsu, Waro Kishi + K. Associates/Architects; Naked House, Shigeru Ban Architects; House in Sugamo, Makoto Motokura/Kenchiku Design Studio; TN, ADH Architects; Zig/Zag, Nobuaki Furuya/Studio Nasca; Chapter 4: The Work and Play House; House for a Vegetable Seller, Yoko Inoue/Atelier Knot; Healtecture, Shuhei Endo Architect Institute; Plane + House, Koh Kitayama + architecture WORKSHOP; House with Studio for a Flower Artist, Nakao Serizawa Architects; House in the Woods, Chiharu Sugi + Manami Takahashi/Plannet Works; Chapter 5: The Vacation House; Forest/Floor, Kengo Kuma & Associates; Yomiuri Guesthouse, Atelier Hitoshi Abe; Weekend House, Office of Ryue Nishizawa; House +, Yagi Architect Office; Villa Fujii, Motomu Uno + Phase Associates
