Agency for Cultural Affairs
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 2022
There is a plan to move one of the central government offices in Tokyo, to Kyoto. The site in plan is the former Kyoto Police HQ complet...
Upscale Condominium in Downtown Kyoto
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 2022
This is a plan to build an upscale condominium at the corner of where the main street of Shijo-Dori meets the plaza in front of Shijo-Omi...
House on Nishinokyo-Hills
Nara city, Nara, 2021
A house in the suburbs of Nara, built for a nuclear family of a couple and their child. The family has several vehicles-cars for daily us...
House in Sashiogi
Saitama city, Saitama, 2021
This house is located in a Tokyo suburb in the middle of a tranquil landscape dotted with fields and buildings. When I first visited the ...
House on maple-tree hills
Tokyo, 2019
A house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. Compared to the narrow front-side width, its depth goes further down. Two-third...
KUAD, headquarters bldg.
Kyoto, 2019
KUAD*, formally known as Kyoto College of Art, was founded in 1977. The old “Boutenkan”** was the original headquarters in the main camp...
GLA Chukyo Hall
Aichi, 2016
This is a convention hall located in Naka-ku, Nagoya City. It is built on an approximately 1,500 square-meter site, on top of the statio...
House in Yamanoi
Hyogo, 2014
The residence was built on a site that looks up Himeji Castle in a historical district in Himeji, Hyogo. The client is a c...
GLA Osaka Hall
Osaka, 2013
The project is to design a convention facility in a suburb of Osaka. The lot stands between two roads. The south side faces a busy street...
KIT HOUSE
Kyoto, 2010
This is a project for a student union hall located in the middle of the campus of Kyoto Institute of Technology, a university which has a...
House in Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany, 2008
This house is planned in the suburb of a city located in the southern region of Germany, whose site is on a gradual slope overlooking a v...
GLASHAUS
Osaka, 2007
The north side of this lot, located in the center of Osaka, faces Utsubo Park, an oasis of nature in the heart of the city. After first d...
Leica Ginza Showroom
Tokyo, 2006
This is the first flagship shop in the world for Leica camera. My first thought was that the shop should not be simply a showcase for bea...
Akashi Meridian Line Ferry Terminal
Hyogo, 2003
This building is intended to be a terminal for a ferry line linking Awaji Island to the mainland. Functionally, it is quite simple ...
HU-TONG HOUSE
Western Japan, 2002
Upon my past visit to a Hakka residence in China, I have been amazed to find that its inner court was called a 'street' or a '...
House in Wakayama
Wakayama, 2002
In tsubo-niwa garden of the Japanese traditional townhouse, Nature as exteriority is introduced into the building and domesticated into a...
Memorial Hall in Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi, 1997
This building is for the medical faculty of Yamaguchi University. It commemorates the 50th anniversary of the institution and was donated...
House in Nipponbashi
Osaka, 1992
This house was built on an extremely small plot of land in downtown Osaka. Measuring 2.5m, the facade of the building fills the entire fr...