Measure and Construction of the Japanese House: 250 Plans and Sketches Plus Illustrations of Joinery

The book, taken from the larger volume "The Japanese House: A Tradition for Contemporary Architecture", describes exhaustively how the traditional Japanese house is built.Every topic from plan layout down to shoji or tokonoma proportions is covered in detail, with amazing technical drawings and lot of examples: you will be able to build your own Japanese house, from foundation stones to the top of the roof.Particularly interesting are the schemes of joints needed for every part of the house, and the continuos focus on some particular features like modular order, flexibility or standardization.If you are not used to technical drawings the book may appear a bit complex, since there are no photos illustrating the building, but everything is very well done.I recommend this book to everyone with a strong technical interest on Japanese traditional buildings.

This a great book about the technique used in Japanese house design (who knew it was so modular?) and also much about the type of joints used and where in the house they are used. Not a whole lot about how to actually do that kind of construction but plenty about how the designs and layout work and why.

In all fairness I was expecting a little more than detailed spec drawings. In fact, this was not the book I wanted. On the other hand, if you are seriously in love with Japanese architecture and are a carpenter, architect or general contractor... this is the book for you. Lots of "how to"... a smattering of "why", but no eye candy to inspire you. Definitely for someone who is already a hard core fan of the art of the Japanese house. It lost a star for me simply because even a 'how to' book needs more than line drawings of joint work to be great.

It met all my expectations.

This book is wonderful if you want to learn about the details into actually making a real Japanese house. There is ton of pictures and drawings that help to visually explain what is being described. It can also give a lot of ideas as to what it should look like, what materials you should use, what additional features can be added, etc.

I have always admired the beauty of Japanese architecture and construction, and I love this little book for all of the pictures and plans. It is easy to read and any novice or architect wanna be like me will appreciate this very thorough introduction to the art form.

this book helped me alot! great condition and ships right on time, no problems or what so ever. great seller !! thanks alotto all architecture students, this book helped me to get a B in a class that i thought that i would fail cause i haven't had any Japanese architecture background!!

The book looks very interesting a nd detailed, so looking forward to sitting down and studying it closer! The only issue is that the cover of the book they used in the photograph of the ad is NOT the book cover of the one that arrived. Yes it is the right book but clearly a different cover/edition. I will make a note of that and not but here again, who know what else they would do?

Das war eine echte Fleißarbeit, aber leider habe ich an meinem Interesse vorbei bestellt. Bin nicht in der Zielgruppe (die ziemlich überschaubar sein dürfte).

Livre qui donne toutes les cotres des maisons japonaise du sol (même les types de fondation )au toit même si vous n’avez pas pour projet de vous construire une vraie maison japonaise vous saurez tout (ou presque) des maisons traditionnelles japonaises

Well thought out analysis of Japanese domestic architecture

Ainda não li. Mas o livro possui belos detalhes, croquis, exemplos. Bem visual, o que auxilia a entender como são normalmente dispostos os ambientes em uma construção típica. Muito legal.

Si te gusta trabajar con madera, y la arquitectura japonesa es imprescindible como iniciación. Son solo 150p sí, pero excepcionalmente ordenado con muchisimos diagramas, explicaciones y digamos "blueprints". Da gusto investigar en el libro, merece la pena sin lugar a dudas. Este libro es la versión corta de (The Japanese House: A Tradition for Contemporary Architecture 1964 by Heinrich Engel), prometo que algún día lo tendré en mi biblioteca.