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Japanese Joinery and the Future of Timber: Fibre to Fibre book cover

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Japanese Joinery and the Future of Timber: Fibre to Fibre

By Richard Maddock Copyright 2027
230 Pages 261 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Japanese Joinery and the Future of Timber: Fibre to Fibre  explores the rich legacy of Japanese timber joinery and examines how advanced robotic timber fabrication methods can benefit from the ancient art of wood-only connections. It blends historical insights with captivating imagery and interviews with industry experts. The book is split into three chapters, with each chapter further... Read more

Chapter One: Japanese Joinery

Timber

Steel

Stone

Joints

Horyuji Temple

Ise Jingu Shrine

Chapter Two: Digital Grain

Timber

Joints

Chapter Three: People

Shigeru Ban

Mitsuo Ogawa

Kengo Kuma

Jun Sato & Mariya Stoycheva

Katsuya Fukushima & Hiroko Tominaga

Mayumi Senda

Uno Tomoaki

Lucas Epp

Conclusion

Biography

Richard Maddock is an engineer and architect. After completing an engineering degree in Australia, he worked internationally in software engineering before returning to university to study architecture. He later joined Foster + Partners in London, where for 11 years he specialised in computational design, complex geometry, and advanced timber structures. In 2020 he was awarded the AV Jennings Churchill Fellowship to research the adaptation of traditional Japanese timber joints for modern robotic construction, and in 2023/2024 he was appointed the Architectural Association School of Architecture Woodlab Engineering Fellow, spearheading research into long-span, lightweight timber structures assembled without metal fixings. His writing spans architectural journals, conference proceedings, and industry publications, including Domus.

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