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A House in Japan

Lessons in Living

2026 Released
272 Pages
4-6 Hours
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GestaltenISBN 9783967042078

A House in Japan examines the Japanese home as a site of architectural inquiry--an intimate scale through which ideas about space, structure, and domesticity are continually reimagined. In a context shaped by constraint, precision, and cultural continuity, the residential realm becomes a space of subtle provocation and quiet experimentation.

The projects in this volume are not guided by aesthetics alone, but by spatial intelligence. Each home is rigorous in design, elastic in use, and attuned to the rhythms of daily life. A House in Japan presents works that privilege clarity over excess and intent over display. It is a study of how architecture, when quietly radical, can propose new ways of living.

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