Architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates
Location: Osaka, Japan
Client: Coronet Corporation
Total floor area: 133 sqm
Each floor area: B1F/21sqm, 1F/39 sqm, 2F/39 sqm, 3F/34 sqm
Completion: 2009
Photographs: Daici Ano
Osaka
Architect: Alphaville Architects
Use: Residence
Location: Osaka, Japan
Site area: 75.93 sqm
Building area: 40.00 sqm
Total floor area: 102.03 sqm
Bilding scale: 3 stories
Structure system: Reinforced concrete construction
Photographs: Courtesy of Alphaville Architects
Architect: Fujiwarramuro Architects
Location: Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Project Team: Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro
Principle use: Single family house
Site area: 103.91 sqm
Building area: 52.17 sqm
Total floor area: 107.49 m2
Structure: Timber
Photographs: Toshiyuki Yano
Architects: Horibe Naoko Architect Office / Naoko Horibe
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 86.38 sqm
Photographs: Kaori Ichikawa
Architects: NRM-Architects Office - Shunichiro Ninomiya + Tomoko Morodome
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project area: 170 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Eiji Tomita
Architects: Terminal01 (Kei Haraguchi + Keigo Miki)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project Team: Kei Haraguchi, Keigo Miki, Miho Tsujioka, Junki Oyama, Mika Komatsu
Graphic Design/Signage: Seiya Kotake
Structural Engineer: TAPS
Construction: Kanayama Komuten
Mechanical Engineer: Tamaru Sangyo
Electrical Engineer: Yonezawa Denki
Lighting Design: Daiko Denki (Hiroyuki Takase)
Built area: 304 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Terminal01
Architects: Takeshi Hamada
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project area: 100 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Takeshi Hamada
Architects: Takeshi Hamada
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project area: 128 sqm
Project year: 2010 – 2011
Photographs: Yohei Sasakura
Architects: Facet Studio
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project team: Olivia Shih, Kashiwagi Yoshihito
Project area: 25 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2009
Photographs: Tomohiro Sakashita

© Courtesy of Terminal 01
Architects: Kei haraguchi + Keigo miki / Terminal 01
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project area: 244 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Terminal 01

© Courtesy of Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates
Architects: Takashi Yamaguchi & Associates
Location: Osaka, Japan
Project year: 2009
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In the small town of Ibaraki, 25km outside of Osaka, Japan, stands one of Tadao Ando’s signature architectural works, the Church of the Light. The Church of the Light embraces Ando’s philosophical framework between nature and architecture through the way in which light can define and create new spatial perceptions equally, if not more so, as that of his concrete structures. Completed in 1989, the Church of the Light was a renovation to an existing Christian compound in Ibaraki. The new church was the first phase to a complete redesign of the site – later completed in 1999 – under Ando’s design aesthetic.
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Sample Brochure for Osaka World Expo
Traveling back in time to the streets of Osaka, Japan in 1970, people today can only imagine the visions many architects around the globe had for future designs and innovative building technologies that would later ignite today’s generation of architects. The theme of the Expo was “Progress and Harmony for Mankind,” and the aim was to showcase the possibilities of modern technology to create a foundation for a high quality of life and peace throughout the world. Images from the event after the break. read more »
Architects: Matsunami Mitsutomo
Location: Tsuruhara Izumisano-Shi, Osaka, Japan
Time of construction: 2007.10
Site area: 134.60m2
Floor area: 61.13m2
Photos:Matsunami Mitsutomo
Architects: Matsunami Mitsutomo
Location: Katayama-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan
Date: March 2007
Area: 1,190 square feet (110.55㎡)
Construction area: 69.97㎡
Total floor area: 3,675 square feet (341.38㎡)
Floor area per apartment: 35.7㎡~23.2㎡
Number of apartments: 10 apartments
Photographer: Matsunami Mitsutomo
Architec: Matsunami Mitsutomo
Location: Hozumidai, Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, Japan
Site Area (One of four buildings): 75,91㎡
Construction Area(One of four buildings): 40,79㎡
Total Floor Area(One of four buildings): 12,04㎡
Year: 2007
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The Jerde Partnership’s Namba Parks, in Osaka, Japan, was just named one of the winners of the Urban Land Institute’s 2009 Awards of Excellence: Asia Pacific competition. When asked to create a gateway to redefine Osaka’s identity, the architects responded with this project that would become a natural intervention in Osaka’s dense and harsh urban condition. The rooftop park offers a sloping park plane that is “bifurcated by a sinuous, open-air ‘canyon’ path that reinforces the connection with nature while forming the primary circulation pattern.”
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