Tokyo’s impermanent skinny house made to age well with owners by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2017 Inheritance taxes on land in Japan means plots often get smaller as they are passed on. This “divide and sell” …
Light walls & moving doors revamp Kyoto small home by Kirsten Dirksen on August 24, 2015 Architects Yoichiro Hayashi and Shogo Sakurai (NAAD) upgraded a rundown 100-year-old Kyoto home by covering it in plywood to create …