Tag Osaka, Japan

22-09-2021

Minohshinmachi House, economical beauty designed by Yasuyuki Kitamura

Japanese architectural firm Yasuyuki Kitamura Architects has designed a small independent home north of the city of Minoh, in Osaka prefecture, for a couple who wanted to move out of their house in the city to enjoy a closer relationship with nature and a more sustainable lifestyle, starting with their new home. Kitamura designed a simple, economical house for them, the perfect setting for humble, sustainable, conscientious living surrounded by beauty. The project is a finalist in the Architizer A+ Awards and winner of the prestigious AZ Award.

15-07-2020

Tato Architects: Functional cave: spiral house in Takatsuki

A surprising solution has been designed by Kobe-based firm Tato Architects for a new single-family home in Takatsuki, a city in the Osaka Prefecture. Two spiral paths that meet at various points offer an interesting range of variable routes through the house.

23-11-2018

MAD builds a kindergarten in Okazaki out of timber and asphalt shingles

MAD’s first building in Japan is a kindergarten which begins with reinterpretation of the existing building in a new volumetric style using innovative materials

22-10-2018

Farewell to Paul Andreu, the airport architect

Paul Andreu died in Paris at the age of 80 on October 11, 2018. The architect, engineer, writer and painter was known primarily for his airports, starting with Charles-de-Gaulle in Paris – Roissy, opened in 1974, and also including airports in Bordeaux, Nice, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Dar es Salaam, Point-à-Pitre and many more all over the world.

24-01-2018

Persimmon Hills, redesigning an apartment in Osaka

The Japanese architecture firm Persimmon Hills, led by Yusuke Kakinoki and Shuhei Hirooka, redesigned a first-floor apartment in a block in Osaka, adapting it to the owners' new needs.

11-04-2011

Perrault’s Fukoku Tower in Osaka

Dominique Perrault’s Fukoku Tower in Osaka will provide a possible definition of sustainability. The French archistar sees architecture as a question of materials, of inventive composition and of relating to the landscape, elements which must co-exist to raise a work of architecture to the status of landmark.

15-09-2010

Coo Planning: Hamadera house

A house with a wooden structure and interior finishes stands proudly and impenetrably among the other houses in the suburbs of Osaka. Despite the tiny size of the lot and the built surface area, Coo Planning has come up with a practical, flexible design based on careful study of views in the interior.

18-10-2007

Kengo Kuma. LVMH. Osaka, Japan. 2004

The building is the Louis Vuiton group's headquarters in Japan, which is why its image needs to have such a high impact on the city's skyline.

28-03-2007

Paul Andreu. Osaka Maritime Museum. 2001

The works of Paul Andreu, a Parisian architect known primarily for his mega-projects - airports, theatres and stadiums - combine the latest in advanced technology with thorough understanding of the spirit of the place.