Small Spaces
Stylish Ideas for Making More of Less in the Home
$40.71
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2017
Summary
Small Spaces is about living comfortably and using space wisely, and where better to find ideas on that subject than Japan, one of the world’s most urban and densely populated countries? Tokyo resident Azby Brown, a distinguished architect and designer, has assembled dozens of creative solutions to space and storage problems, illustrating them with photographs and plans of actual living environments in contemporary homes. The key to his approach is what might be called “The Three Cs”–compact,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568364544 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1568364547 |
| Author: | Azby Brown |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 539g |
| Dimensions: | 278mm x 228mm |
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Critics Review
“This book is an elegant jewel box of ingenious design ideas for close-packing the elements of comfortable, even luxurious, living.” —Stewart Brand
“Azby Brown’s book presents an attitude toward designing space that inspires creative solutions….He shows us ways to bring order and tranquility back into our lives.” —Fine Homebuilding
“Small Spaces has some dazzling answers: most simple and colorful, all imaginative and practical. Invaluable.” —House & Garden
About The Author
Azby Brown
AZBY BROWN is an architect who has lived in Japan since 1985. A native of New Orleans, he received a bachelor’s degree in fine art from Yale College in 1980, and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Tokyo, where he is currently a Ph.D. candidate, in 1988. He is also the author of The Genius of Japanese Carpentry and The Japanese Dream House- How Technology and Tradition Are Shaping New Home Design. His visual and verbal ideas have reached a wide international audience through frequent lectures, publications, and exhibitions.
YOSHIO SHIRATORI has photographed interiors and exteriors since 1962. He was the recipient of the Interior Designers’ Association prize in 1987. Shiratori’s work appears in major Japanese design and architecture magazines throughout Japan.
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