Storytelling about
architecture & design,
life in Japan,
with time out
for food and cooking

Bruce Smith writes about early-twentieth-century decorative arts and architecture, with a special focus on the architects Charles and Henry Greene. With over thirty years of dedicated research and writing, Bruce’s expertise spans Japanese influences on American architecture, the Arts and Crafts movement, Japanese bathing culture, and culinary arts.

His book Greene & Greene Masterworks was honored as one of the New York Times Editor’s Choice Architectural books in 1998. His latest collaboration, Six California Kitchens, co-authored with chef Sally Schmitt, received among other honors the esteemed award for best cookbook in the American Cooking category from the IACP.

Based in Kamakura, Japan, Bruce continues to write on architecture and design, occasionally exploring the world of food, and is working on a novel.