{"id":15855,"date":"2016-06-28T11:25:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T15:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/?p=15855"},"modified":"2016-06-30T13:28:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T17:28:23","slug":"space-change-charting-peculiarity-japanese-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2016\/06\/space-change-charting-peculiarity-japanese-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.wallpaper.com\/main\/02-japan-archipelago-of-the-house.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses\nRead more at http:\/\/www.wallpaper.com\/architecture\/japan-archipelago-of-the-house-exhibition-at-looiersgracht-60-in-amsterdam#rlCBsiqCfIw93CEX.99\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"photos\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.wallpaper.com\/main\/05-japan-archipelago-of-the-house.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses\nRead more at http:\/\/www.wallpaper.com\/architecture\/japan-archipelago-of-the-house-exhibition-at-looiersgracht-60-in-amsterdam#rlCBsiqCfIw93CEX.99\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"photos\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bitshort\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.wallpaper.com\/main\/12-japan-archipelago-of-the-house.jpg?w=600\" alt=\"The space of change: charting the peculiarity of Japanese houses\nRead more at http:\/\/www.wallpaper.com\/architecture\/japan-archipelago-of-the-house-exhibition-at-looiersgracht-60-in-amsterdam#rlCBsiqCfIw93CEX.99\"  \/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"photos\">via <b>wallpaper.com<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Japanese housing market is a peculiar phenomenon. Unlike homes in Western nations, Japanese residences depreciate rapidly in value over time. As argued by economists Richard Koo and Masaya Sasaki in a 2008 report, a typical home loses all economic value within 15 years of being built. Houses, too, have a limited physical lifespan \u2013 an estimated average of twenty years for wooden buildings, and thirty for concrete structures.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wallpaper.com\/architecture\/japan-archipelago-of-the-house-exhibition-at-looiersgracht-60-in-amsterdam\">Read the rest of this article @ <b>Wallpaper*<\/b> \u00bb<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via wallpaper.com The Japanese housing market is a peculiar phenomenon. Unlike homes in Western nations, Japanese residences depreciate rapidly in value over time. As argued by economists Richard Koo and Masaya Sasaki in a 2008 report, a typical home loses all economic value within 15 years of being built. 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