Machiya: The Traditional Townhouses of Kyoto
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Scroll downFrom private residences to renovated properties operating as businesses, this book introduces everything you need to know about Machiya, the traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historic capital of Kyoto. A valuable cultural heritage, the Machiya combine an optimisation of space and practicality with a maintenance of traditional building and design methods.
Machiya are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto. Machiya in Kyoto have kept their traditional architectural form and community, creating a historic and traditional cultural atmosphere that attracts many tourist from all around the world. Machiya have become valuable cultural heritage, as many machiya have disappeared and have been replaced by modern houses. In this book readers can see and feel the ideas and wisdom of the people in Kyoto, who made full useof machiya design and the architectural characteristics of that optimize space and practicality, while keeping within the tradition. This book will not only be a perfect architectural reference book but also a great photography book to enjoy the delicate beauty of Japan.