New books unearth details about houses in Queens, obsolete inventions, Japanese textiles and a pioneering architect. By Eve M. Kahn This article is part of our latest Design special section, about new ...

Pine boughs, waves, bamboo, maple leaves, swallows in flight: these are all common enough motifs in Japanese art. The very mention of them probably conjures up images of traditional Japanese painting ...

Pine boughs, waves, bamboo, maple leaves, swallows in flight: these are all common enough motifs in Japanese art. The very mention of them probably conjures up images of traditional Japanese painting ...