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 Raised engawa for western-style house. |
 Brackett house in the Sierra winter. |
 Brackett house central garden. |
 Living room in Bay Area. |
 Entry way - genkan - in the Sierras. |
 Breakfast room, kitchen, living room in Bay Area. |
 Kitchen in Bay Area. |
 Bay window desk in Bay Area. |
 Bedroom in Bay Area. |
 Traditional master bed room with study desk. |
 Sample joinery. |
 Guest house, Bay Area. |
 Matched grain, numbered red cedar ceiling boards. |
 The Tools - square, bamboo pen and ink pot. |
 Partially complete barn roof. |
 Chisels. |
 Planes, adze and broad ax. |
 Finish plane - note shaving. |
 Barn in Bay Area - door is 11 feet tall. |
 Typical traditional entry step up. |
 Guest house, looking out, snow-viewing shoji. |
 Living room incense cedar log actually carries roof load. |
 Closet/futon storage - transom board above is vertical grain, on right is ring dating 476 BC! |
 Typical Japanese bath. |
 Guest house veranda, reed window. |
 Entry way, genkan. |
 Typical western kitchen for serious cooks. |
 Master bed room with reading bay. |
 Master bed room - different perspective. |
 Roof layers of barn. |
 Entry details - English walnut, granite, slate and Mexican pebbles. |
 Hip roof from inside. |
 Living room in Bay area - cover of Nature on View. |
 Interlocking Japanese copper shingles. |
 Partially completed barn roof before copper. |
 House in Bay Area, copper roof. |
 Under construction - still paper wrapped - gable detail. |
 Roof from inside. |
 Under construction - paper wrapped roof details. |
 Living room past garden. |
 Covered walk from second floor. |
 Across interior garden to guest bedroom. |
 Another kitchen. |
 Checkboard ceiling and deck support. |
 Covered walk fan rafters - protected posts. |
 Covered walk to garage. |
 Dusk exterior, garage on right. |
 Eaves structure type 3. |
 Entry gate to garden. |
 Garden stairs to upper level. |
 Guest room across interior garden to master bedroom. |
 Interior engawa and garden. |
 Building the Japanese House Today book cover. |
 Interior stair well. |
 Looking from gate to entry. |
 More western master bath. |
 Mud plastered roll up garage doors. |
 Shelf along stairway. |
 Stairs to engawa type 3. |
 Stone bridge - note edges. |
 Mixed construction house. |
 Wood ceilings, sheet rock wall type 3. |
 Summer house detail. |
 Summer house. |
 Summer house plaster detail. |
 Summer house detail. |