Japanese Homes For Western Living

The Japanese home is universally admired for its sophisticated design, timeless beauty, seamless integration with its natural environment, fine materials, and perhaps the most highly developed woodworking techniques in the world. The secret art of building fine Japanese homes has been transmitted through the ages by a strict system of apprenticeship, making it unavailable to most of us outside Japan--until now. Builder and designer Len Brackett underwent that exacting and rigorous apprenticeship in Japan and was finally asked by his master to carry his learning to the West, which he has done for the past several decades with great success. Japanese Homes for Western Living shares this mastery of Japanese home building with the reader by following, in text and color photographs, the process of building a beautiful Japanese home in the United States, from the selection and preparation of wood to the finished product. It includes detailed information on siting, design, layout, milling, joinery, finishing, and materials available in the West for building an authentic Japanese home. Len Brackett has successfully adapted Japanese homes to meet a wide range of climate conditions, making the book as useful as it is inspiring.Rao, Peggy is the author of 'Japanese Homes For Western Living', published 2004 under ISBN 9780834805118 and ISBN 0834805111.