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Out with the old
Author(s)Roland Kelts
Journal titleNew Statesman, 16 October 2015
Pagespp 28-29
Sourcewww.newstatesman.co.uk
KeywordsHousing [elderly] ; Maintenance ; Rural areas ; Japan.
AnnotationOlder inhabitants of Japan's rural areas are abandoning their houses to move to the cities. These abandoned buildings, or 'ghost homes' as they are referred to, were not built to last and are too expensive to repair. One 72-year-old architect is working to restore some of these houses by dismantling, moving, restoring and modernising the materials and techniques of Japan's rural builders. (NH).
Accession NumberCPA-151022200 A
ClassmarkKE: 5P6: RL: 7DT

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