For anyone with a serious interest in traditional Japanese houses, the best book in English is by Heinrich (Heino) Engel "The Japanese house: a tradition for co

For anyone with a serious interest in traditional Japanese houses, the best book in English is by Heinrich (Heino) Engel "The Japanese house: a tradition for contemporary architecture". It goes through everything from climate to philosophy to woodworking. A few of its chapters were later republished in a smaller version you can borrow free from zlib here: https://b-ok.global/book/2696550/f47105 https://b-ok.global/book/2696550/f47105 [edit] Someone else online who has found the same love for this book as I have: https://mypeculiarnature.blogspot.com/2015/08/japanese-woodworking-books-measure-and.html https://mypeculiarnature.blogspot.com/2015/08/japanese-woodw...