Introduction : Houses at the edge -- Light Cube Factory, Tokyo / A.L.X. Architect -- Tokyo house / A.L.X. Architects -- House in Utsubo Park, Osaka / Tadao Ando Architect & Associates -- Breeze, Tokyo / ARTechnic Architecture -- YNO, Tokyo / ARTechnic Architecture -- Double gable house, Kamakura / Atelier Bow-Wow -- Terrace house, Yokohama / Atelier Bow-Wow -- M house, Tokyo / Atelier Tekuto -- Villa in Sengokuhara, Hakone / Shigeru Ban Architects -- Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge, Yakushima / Shigeru Ban Architects -- House SH, Hashira-ma, Tokyo / C+A Coelacanth and Associates -- Memory of the sky, Kamo / C+A Coelacanth Associates -- dNb, Nagoya / CO2Works -- House in Nagohara, Minamimaki / doubleNegatives Architecture -- Keyhole House, Kyoto / Eastern Design Office, Inc -- Rooftecture S, Kobe / Shuhei Endo Architecture Institute -- Natural Strips II, Tokyo / Endoh Design House, EDH -- Hamamatsu House, Hamamatsu / Terunobu Fujimori -- Setonomori Houses, Setouchi / Sou Fujimoto -- House in Hanoura / FujiwaraMuro Architects -- House in Muko / FujiwaraMuro Architects -- Townhouse in Asakusa, Tokyo / Go Hasegawa & Associates -- House in Komazawa, Tokyo / Go Hasegawa & Associates -- House in Kyodo, Tokyo / Go Hasegawa & Associates -- House in Mayu, Kishiwada / Horibe Associates -- Arboleda, Anan / Horibe Associates -- Daylight house, Yokohama / Takeshi Hosaka Architects -- House in Byoubugaura, Yokohama / Takeshi Hosaka Architects -- House of density, Sapporo / Jun Igarashi Architects -- Repository, Asahikawa / Jun Igarashi Architects -- House with plants, Tokyo / junya.ishigami+associates -- Ellipse Sky, Tokyo / Keiko + Manabu -- House in Saikai / Daisuke Maeda -- Frame, Hiroshima / Keisuke Maeda -- +Node, Fukuyama / Keisuke Maeda -- Torus, Saitama / Norisada Maeda -- The rose, Tokyo / Norisada Maeda -- House J, Shunan / Keiko Maita Architect Office -- Shore house, Manazuru / Mount Fuji Architects Studio -- Lighted Valley, Kanazawa / Nakae Architects, Inc. -- House U, Tokyo / Satoshi Okada Architects -- Villa A, Karuizawa / Satoshi Okada Architects -- Tsuchihashi House, Tokyo / Kazuyo Sejima & Associates -- House M, Tochigi / Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects -- House T, Tokyo / Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects -- House in Nishiochiai, Tokyo / Suppose Design Office -- Spread Villa, Chino / TNA Architects -- Gate Villa, Ibaraki / TNA Architects -- Tunnel House, Tokyo / Tunnel House / Makiko Tsukada Architects -- InBetween House, Karuizawa / Koji Tsutsui & Associates -- Bent House, Tokyo / Koji Tsutsui & Associates.

This overview of fifty recently built Japanese houses includes projects by three Pritzker Prize-winners-- Tadao Ando, Shigeru Ban and Kazuyo Sejima --as well as by lesser-known emerging architects. Each house is clearly illustrated with color photographs and plans, and is lucidly described by Philip Jodidio, who has traveled extensively around Japan and is deeply familiar with these projects and their creators. His book is a powerful demonstration of Japan's enduring commitment to design innovation.