Status Updates From The Japanese House Reinvented

I'm gonna return to the library without finishing. T9his book was way too much about modern Japanese architecture. Really interesting use of space but sad post-industrial aesthetic sensibilities. In one case an architect used OSB as an interior and exterior finish material??! Horrible. Hideous. One cool guy, Shigeru Ban, doing temporary disaster shelters and mountain lodge lean-tos. Want to read more about his work.

Might not finish this book. The introduction was an overview of forces that have shaped current Japanese architecture: tradition, European intervention, migration to cities, bombings during ww2, earthquakes. Lots of new to me info about Japanese domestic use of space. Unfortunately most of the featured houses are high end modern concrete monstrosities. One cool architect who designs post-disaster shelters ¯\_(ツ)_/¯