Naomi Pollock has been writing about design in Japan since 1989. Her articles have appeared in numerous prominent publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Dwell, Interior Design, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and Architectural Record, for whom she is the Special International Correspondent. A trained and licensed architect, she was a guest curator for an exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 entitled 'Japan 2000: Architecture and Design for the Japanese Public'.

Introduction; Chapter 1: The Tiny House; House in a Plum Grove, Kazuyo Sejima Associates; "c," Jun Aoki Associates; Natural Shelter, Masaki Endoh + Masahiro Ikeda; UNS, Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth; T Set, Chiba Manabu Architects; Chapter 2: The Indoor-Outdoor House; Shutter House for a Photographer, Shigeru Ban Architects; Ambiflux, Akira Yoneda/Architecton; Balcony House, Tezuka Architects; "S," Jun Aoki Associates; Introspective, Hiroyuki Arima + Urban Fourth; Chapter 3: The Multigeneration House; House in Higashi-Otsu, Waro Kishi + K. Associates/Architects; Naked House, Shigeru Ban Architects; House in Sugamo, Makoto Motokura/Kenchiku Design Studio; TN, ADH Architects; Zig/Zag, Nobuaki Furuya/Studio Nasca; Chapter 4: The Work and Play House; House for a Vegetable Seller, Yoko Inoue/Atelier Knot; Healtecture, Shuhei Endo Architect Institute; Plane + House, Koh Kitayama + architecture WORKSHOP; House with Studio for a Flower Artist, Nakao Serizawa Architects; House in the Woods, Chiharu Sugi + Manami Takahashi/Plannet Works; Chapter 5: The Vacation House; Forest/Floor, Kengo Kuma Associates; Yomiuri Guesthouse, Atelier Hitoshi Abe; Weekend House, Office of Ryue Nishizawa; House +, Yagi Architect Office; Villa Fujii, Motomu Uno + Phase Associates