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Case study of 411 of Japan’s most incredible modernist houses

“In a country where architectural design has become a free-for-all, where anything goes, the increasing number of architect designed houses have become synonymous with unconventionality. In Japan, the square footage of your house doesn’t mean anything – it’s all about who built it.” writes Naomi Pollock, author of Jutaku: Japanese Houses – a new case study of 411 of Japan’s most incredible modernist houses.

uk.phaidon.com/…/arch…/jutaku-japanese-houses-9780714869629/