A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture, and how the style and features can serve as a model for contemporary residential buildings.

With incredible detail (as well as numerous architectural plans and drawings), author and architect Heino Engel describes everything from room functions and the flexibility of partitions to the influence of human anatomy on Japanese units of measure. Rather than exploring why the traditional Japanese house is built the way it is, Engel delves into the practical information: what the Japanese house is and how it is built.

This book is not simply a description of the features of the Japanese house, but "an invitation to probe the possibilities of utilizing this architectural achievement of the Japanese…in modern living and building," according to the author, who further believes that the unique details of the Japanese house are better suited as a pattern for contemporary housing than any other form of residential structure.

With a new foreword by architect and professor Mira Locher, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, this updated hardcover edition brings this popular work to modern readers—in hopes that they may find ideas to adopt into their own home.

日本建築の構造を徹底分析

伝統的な日本建築の様式と機能がいかに現代の住宅建築としても機能しうるかを示した古典的名著。250以上にも及ぶ建築の図面や間取り図、建具のイラストとともに、日本家屋がもつ部屋の機能性や障子や襖の柔軟性を解説します。日本でも活躍する、米国ユタ大学建築学部准教授、ミラ・ロッヒャー氏の序文が加わった。