Modern Japanese House

Modern Japanese House provides an extensive overview of contemporary residential architecture in a country that is known worldwide for its design innovation. The volume covers an array of projects from the past decade, featuring both established and emerging architects in a meticulous survey of real homes across Japan.

Modelled on the format of Modern House, Modern House 2, and Modern House Three , Modern Japanese House is an overview of recent domestic design trends in Japan and features a highly colourful combination 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 and Hiroshii Nakao, among others.