Japanese culture is known to praise efficiency which comes forth in many different ways.
Japanese woodworking house. This is how they make houses which last centuries even through earth tremors. The different types of japanese carpenters woodworking absolutely incredible by their craftsmanship impossible japanese wood joints. Reminiscent of 16th century japanese country houses award winning haiku houses use pole and beam architecture and are custom crafted from the finest woods. A shoji is a sliding panel that is made of translucent paper in a wooden frame.
Amazing japanese woodworking extremely skillful building without nails when choosing wood they prefer to use that of coniferous trees namely cedar and cypress because they grow straight and. Without much square footage this largely wood paneled home manages to make space for every essential part of a house without wasting any area. Scribe fit joinery is the traditional japanese woodworking method for fitting one round or irregular timberframe member against another. A wonderful classic book of japanese joints and carpentry techniques.
Even if you re only building a dolls house these joints are wonderful to explore and use as technical studies. One of the most obvious that these photos explore is the way in which a traditional japanese house is situated. The haiku houses depicted in our catalog are the original modern design of these japanese country houses and they are by far the highest quality custom crafted wood houses available anywhere in the world. They are used for both interior and exterior walls.
Japanese houses didn t use historically use glass resulting in some interesting methods of natural lighting.