The Very Small Home is an inspiring new book that surveys the creative design innovations of small houses in Japan. Eighteen recently built and unusual houses, from ultramodern to Japanese rustic, are presented in depth. Particular emphasis is given to what the author calls the "big idea" for each h[...]

This new edition of this Azby Brown architecural classic contains a new preface by Brown, fully revised chapters, along 25% new photograhy and in color for the first time.An extraordinary and ambitious work of architectural reconstruction is underway in twenty-first century Nara. "The Genius of Japa[...]