Dezeen is giving away five copies of The Japanese House Reinvented by Philip Jodidio, a book featuring 50 houses that highlight Japan's current residential trends.

The book showcases properties from the last five years, designed by architects ranging from Pritzker Prize-winners to recent graduates.

Among the homes featured are designs by Koji Tsutsui, Tadao Ando and Shigeru Ban. Architectural trends in materials and technology are also explored.

"Contemporary Japanese architecture has emerged as a substantial force on the international scene ever since Kenzo Tange won the Pritzker Prize in 1987," said publisher Thames & Hudson.

"Japanese houses today have to contend with unique factors that condition their design, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats," it continued.

"Their formal innovation and attention to materials, technology and measures to coax in light and air while maintaining domestic privacy make them cutting-edge residences that suggest new ways of being at home."

Shigeru Ban's Villa in Sengokubara is one of the featured properties. For this, Ban created a timber structure with a sequence of rooms that each face towards a central courtyard.

Another is Koji Tsutsui's Inbetween House, a cluster of five connected cottages in a mountain region outside of Tokyo.

The Japanese House Reinvented was released in early 2017. Its launch coincides with the latest exhibition at London's Barbican, The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945.

This exhibition offers an overview of the developing distinct styles that defined Japanese house design after the second world war, and is on show until 25 June 2017.

Five readers will each win a copy of The Japanese House Reinvented, published by Thames & Hudson, but it can also also be purchased online for £24.95.