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  2. Shoin-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    Shoin-zukuri (Japanese: 書院造, 'study room architecture') is a style of Japanese architecture developed in the Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods that forms the basis of today's traditional-style Japanese houses.

  3. Japanese architecture - Wikipedia

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    The simplicity of Japanese dwellings contrasted the oft-esteemed excessive decoration of the West. The influence of Japanese design was thus not so much that it was directly copied but rather, "the west discovered the quality of space in traditional Japanese architecture through a filter of western architectural values". [96]

  4. Sukiya-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    In the Azuchi-Momoyama period not only sukiya style but the contrasting shoin-zukuri (書院造) of residences of the warrior class developed. While sukiya was a small space, simple and austere, shoin-zukuri style was that of large, magnificent reception areas, the setting for the pomp and ceremony of the feudal lords.

  5. Jutaku - Wikipedia

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    Jutaku simply means "house" in Japanese. [5] Jutaku houses and buildings focus on minimalist, multi-functional spaces to make up for their small sites. Jutaku houses often do not blend with their urban context, making the architectural style a good fit for individualist-oriented cultures. [ 2 ]

  6. Junzō Yoshimura - Wikipedia

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    Crafting a Modern World, The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noemi Raymond. Princeton Architectural Press. Stewart, David B (2002). The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture, From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki. Kodansha International. Spring 2005, "Do_co,mo.mo Japan: the 100 selection", The Japan Architect, No57; Gloaguen ...

  7. Shinden-zukuri - Wikipedia

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    Its features include an open structure with few walls that can be opened and closed with doors, shitomi and sudare, a structure in which people take off their shoes and enter the house on stilts, sitting or sleeping directly on tatami mats without using chairs or beds, a roof made of laminated hinoki (Japanese cypress) bark instead of ceramic ...

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  9. Namako wall - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing square tiles, on the diagonal, nailed at all four corners and grouted in mounds over the joins and nails. Namako wall or Namako-kabe (sometimes misspelled as Nameko) is a Japanese wall design widely used for vernacular houses, particularly on fireproof storehouses by the latter half of the Edo period. [1]