Competition: win a book showcasing 50 new Japanese houses
Dezeen is giving away five copies of The Japanese House Reinvented by Philip Jodidio, a book featuring 50 houses that highlight Japan's current residential trends.
The book showcases properties from the last five years, designed by architects ranging from Pritzker Prize-winners to recent graduates.
Among the homes featured are designs by Koji Tsutsui, Tadao Ando and Shigeru Ban. Architectural trends in materials and technology are also explored.
"Contemporary Japanese architecture has emerged as a substantial force on the international scene ever since Kenzo Tange won the Pritzker Prize in 1987," said publisher Thames & Hudson.
Bent House by Koji Tsutsui & Associates. Photograph by Iwan Baan
"Japanese houses today have to contend with unique factors that condition their design, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats," it continued. "Their formal innovation and attention to materials, technology and measures to coax in light and air while maintaining domestic privacy make them cutting-edge residences that suggest new ways of being at home."
Villa in Sengokuhara by Shigeru Ban Architects. Photograph by Hiroyuki Harai
Shigeru Ban's Villa in Sengokubara is one of the featured properties. For this, Ban created a timber structure with a sequence of rooms that each face towards a central courtyard.
Another is Koji Tsutsui's Inbetween House, a cluster of five connected cottages in a mountain regi...
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