Although housing has been influenced by modernist architecture that deny past building styles, houses that have been designed to suit the Japanese climate have come to be more favored than traditional Japanese style houses.
過去の様式を否定するモダニズム建築の影響も受けながら、日本の風土に合わせて工夫された住宅が、伝統的な和風住宅よりも優勢になってきた。