Building the Japanese House Today by Len Brackett hc/dj
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “inscription on half title page”
- ISBN
- 9780810959316
- Book Title
- Building the Japanese House Today
- Publisher
- Abrams, Inc.
- Item Length
- 11.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Architecture, Technology & Engineering
- Topic
- Construction / General, Buildings / Residential, Regional
- Item Weight
- 45.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Abrams, Inc.
ISBN-10
0810959313
ISBN-13
9780810959316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45401126
Product Key Features
Book Title
Building the Japanese House Today
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Construction / General, Buildings / Residential, Regional
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Architecture, Technology & Engineering
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
45.4 Oz
Item Length
11.4 in
Item Width
8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-004597
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
728/.37/0952
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
The traditional Japanese house is universally admired for its clean lines, intricate joinery, and unparalleled woodworking. The authors of this elegant volume, Peggy Landers Rao and Len Brackett, show how a classic Japanese- style house can be built to offer the warmth and comfort that modern homeowners require. Len Brackett, rigorously trained in traditional architecture in Kyoto, has spent decades adapting the ancient Japanese design aesthetic to Western needs. He builds traditional live-on-the-floor houses, as well as versions that accommodate furniture. Both types provide the essential features expected in today's new homes - central heating, insulation, weather stripping, thermal glazing, streamlined kitchens, computerized lighting systems, and the latest electronics. The book's primary focus is on a single guesthouse in California, but pictures of other adaptations of the traditional Japanese house in America exemplify various points. Architects will find reference charts of the prescribed set of proportions and dimensions normally passed down through a strict system of apprenticeship. anticipating shrinkage of various woods. A remarkable tool used to lay out precise joints is described in detail. Various sources are given for materials, including where to find a contemporary version of the distinctive, traditional earthen plaster., Built like a piece of fine furniture, the traditional Japanese house is universally admired for its clean lines, intricate joinery, and unparalleled woodworking. Focusing primarily on a new guesthouse in California, this elegant volume shows how a classic Japanese house can be built to offer the warmth and comfort that modern homemakers require.Len Brackett, rigorously trained as a temple carpenter in Kyoto, has spent decades adapting the ancient Japanese design aesthetic to Western needs. Here he demonstrates step-by-step how both the traditional live-on-the-floor house, as well as models that accommodate furniture, can be constructed to provide such modern essentials as central heating, insulation, computerized lighting systems, and the latest electronics. This practical and inspiring guide--with gorgeous, clear photos and diagrams--is an indispensable resource for those who'd like to live in a Japanese home, for professionals who want to build them, and for any reader who delights in Japan's age-old aesthetic traditions., Built like a piece of fine furniture, the traditional Japanese house is universally admired for its clean lines, intricate joinery, and unparalleled woodworking., Built like a piece of fine furniture, the traditional Japanese house is universally admired for its clean lines, intricate joinery, and unparalleled woodworking. Focusing primarily on a new guesthouse in California, this elegant volume shows how a classic Japanese house can be built to offer the warmth and comfort that modern homemakers require. Len Brackett, rigorously trained as a temple carpenter in Kyoto, has spent decades adapting the ancient Japanese design aesthetic to Western needs. Here he demonstrates step-by-step how both the traditional live-on-the-floor house, as well as models that accommodate furniture, can be constructed to provide such modern essentials as central heating, insulation, computerized lighting systems, and the latest electronics. This practical and inspiring guide-with gorgeous, clear photos and diagrams-is an indispensable resource for those who'd like to live in a Japanese home, for professionals who want to build them, and for any reader who delights in Japan's age-old aesthetic traditions.
LC Classification Number
NA7208.2.R36 2005
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