The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space
Building small can be a sign of higher ambitions, and those who take the time to peruse these pages will undoubtedly grow to appreciate that creating a small home can be an amazingly positive and creative act, one which can enhance life in surprising ways.
The Very Small Home presents stunning design advances in Japan. Eighteen recent houses, from ultramodern to Japanese rustic, are explored in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author call the Big Idea—the overarching concept that does the most to make the house feel more spacious than it actually is. Among the Big Ideas introduced here are ingenious sources of natural light, well-thought-out atriums, snug but functional kitchens, unobtrusive partitions, and free-flowing circulation paths.
Podrobnosti
| Autor |
Azby Brown |
|---|---|
| Vydavatel |
Kodansha |
| Jazyk | anglicky |
| Vazba | pevná |
| Počet stran | 112 |
| Formát | 23,4 × 31,1 cm |
| EAN | 9781568364346 |
| Rok vydání | 2012 |
| Edice |
Dům a byt Obytné budovy: domy, byty, apartmány Interiérový design Dějiny architektury |
An introduction by the author puts the house designs in the context of lifestyle trends, and highlights their shared characteristics. For each project, the intentions of the designers and occupants are examined. The result is a very human sensibility that runs through the book. A glimpse of the dreams and aspirations that these unique homes represent and that belies their apparent modesty.
The second half of the book is devoted to illustrating the special features in the homes, from clever storage and kitchen designs, to ingenious skylights and nooks. As with his earlier Small Spaces, Azby Brown has given home owners, designers, and architects a fascinating new collection of thought-provoking ideas.
“Azby Brown has done it again. I loved his first book, Small Spaces, and this one goes further yet in helping to demystify the art of the small house. The book is a must for anyone wanting to understand how to do more with less when it comes to home design. These tiny and exquisitely designed contemporary Japanese homes have so many lessons to teach readers around the world about how to make their homes both functional and beautiful, whatever the size. And as for the quality of the houses illustrated, they're extraordinary. I, for one, couldn’t put the book down, and I suspect it will have the same effect on a great many readers.”
—Sarah Susanka, AIA architect and author of The Not So Big House series and Home By Design
“As houses get smaller, their space gets more intense. People are nearly insatiable in their hunger for urban nesting places, and here we see that marvelously expressed.”—Toyo Ito
Autor
Azby Brown
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