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- Title
Japanese Innovation in Adaptable Homes.
- Authors
Minami, Kazunobu
- Abstract
By the late 1960s, Japan's postwar housing boom had resulted in supply exceeding demand. But these buildings were poor quality and short-lived. Since then, the country has seen various initiatives - both public and private - to improve the building stock and make it sustainable. Ranging from construction guidelines, to tax incentives, to technical innovations, they have achieved considerable success. Kazunobu Minami - Professor of Architecture at the Shibaura Institute of Technology in Tokyo, who has worked as an architect for the Japanese government since 1981 - tells their story.
- Subjects
HOUSING; SUSTAINABLE buildings; JAPAN. Ministry of Construction; EARTHQUAKES; WORLD War II
- Publication
Architectural Design, 2017, Vol 87, Issue 5, p38
- ISSN
0003-8504
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ad.2214