Raze, rebuild, repeat: why Japan knocks down its houses after 30 yearsA typical prefab home in Midorigaoka, Japan, built by Daiwa House. Photograph: Nate BergBut down at the end of one block, there’s a sign things are changing. Scaffolding surrounds a vacant house on a corner and workers from Daiwa House are clanging away inside. They’re not demolishing the house but refurbishing it – reorganising the floor plan, knocking down walls, opening up the kitchen and enhan
