Radical changes in the design of housing in post-war Japan had numerous effects on the Japanese people. Public policy toward housing provision and the effects o

1) As evidenced by existing studies, housing development plays a central role in capitalism. However, little research has explored the logic of that role. This

Open Architecture for the People explores Japanese architecture and the three different phases of development between the years 1950 and 2018. Changing ways of

This book explores the experiences of older women in post-war Japanese society through analysis of their family and housing histories. Three broad themes - fami

The Life We Longed For examines high-rise housing projects called danchi that were built during Japan's years of "high speed economic growth" (1955-1972) to hou