Beautiful Small Japan Home Designs with author Azby Brown
Azby Brown is a researcher, architect, artist and author who wrote a stunning book on Japanese modern small house designs in 2012 called, 'The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space' with a forward by Kengo Kuma. Azby will introduce some of the key concepts of the book such as utility of design for comfort, function and beauty.
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01:30 Shoin Tsukuri Style (traditional)
05:00 Bringing Outside Views Inside
06:30 1000 year old small house designs
08:20 Traditional Design 150 year ago
10:00 1952 Japanese Minimalism
11:50 9-tsubo house for family of 4
12:20 Kyosho-Jutaku Micro-Home Trend
13:50 2000's notable small home trend
15:00 Tadao Ando 4x4 Seaview
16:00 Big Idea - Strong "Impact" Feature of a Home
17:10 Nakai-Ikegami House Borrowed Landscape
18:45 Engawa House TezukaxTezuka
23:55 9-Tsubo Aioi-Sumire Budget Build
24:55 House pricing in Japan vs Abroad
26:40 Urban Land high-prices as precious resource
29:00 Tiny House Trend worldwide
31:00 Few Mobile Homes but Many Pre-Fabricated Homes in Japan
33:00 Houses can last 100s of years if built well
34:25 Low resell value for Old Homes vs New Homes
40:20 The BIG IDEA - Impactful House Design
41:00 The Wedge House Endoh + Ikeda
45:00 Steel Lattice Design Amazing Engineering
46:00 Penguin House - Flexed Steel Design + Curtains
49:00 Tax incentives for building homes for long-term
51:40 Great Design House Tours in Tokyo
58:50 TR house with kitchen/living on top with wrap windows
