Osaka: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  Niimori Jamison Architects

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architects

  Yudai Niimori, Maiko Yamasaki, James Jamison

• Area

  60.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Kiyoshi Takahata

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• Architects

  GENETO

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architects

  Koji Yamanaka, Yuji Yamanaka, Asako Yamashita, Mitsuteru Nakada, Shizuka Yoshimatsu

• Area

  81.5 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Yasutake Kondo

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• Architects

  Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & associates

• Location

  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Commercial Architecture

• Architect in Charge

  Ryuichi Ashizawa

• Structural Engineer

  Hirokazu Toki, Shunya Takahashi

• Constructor

  Tenma builder

• Area

  248.8 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Kaori Ichikawa

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• Architects

  SWING

• Location

  1-9-10, Kozu, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan

• Category

  Interior Design

• Architect in Charge

  Dai Kanayama, Ryusuke Anezaki

• Area

  159.87 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Yoshiyuki Hirai (1-19), SWING (20-24)

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• Architects

  Tato Architects

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Design

  Yo Shimada

• Team

  Yo Shimada, Nobuhiko Sato, Koji Hoshiyasu

• Area

  50.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Shinkenchiku Sha

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• Architects

  Hisashi IKEDA Architects

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  136.28 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Kei Sugino

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• Architects

  PERSIMMON HILLS Architects

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Apartment interiors

• Project Team

  Yusuke Kakinoki, Shuhei Hirooka

• Area

  62.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Kenta Hasegawa

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• Architects

  FujiwaraMuro Architects

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Architects in Charge

  Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro

• Area

  92.36 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Toshiyuki Yano

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• Architects

  Koyori, Atelier Salt

• Location

  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Offices Interiors

• Architect in Charge

  Nahoko Nakamura, Masahiko Nakamura, Yoji Fujiwara

• Area

  45.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Shohei Yoshida

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• Architects

  Jun Murata

• Location

  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Offices Interiors

• Area

  147.36 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Jun Murata

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• Architects

  Shimpei Oda Architect's Office

• Location

  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Other

• Architect in Charge

  Shimpei Oda

• Area

  35.66 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Norihito Yamauchi

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• Architects

  HIBINOSEKKEI, Youji no Shiro

• Location

  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Kindergarten

• Area

  1244.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Ryuji Inoue / Studio Bauhaus

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• Architects

  Yoshiaki Yamashita Architect & Associates

• Location

  Osaka, Japan

• Category

  Houses

• Architect in Charge

  Yoshiaki Yamashita

• Design Team

  Yoshiaki Yamashita, Kento Morita

• Area

  55.7 m2

• Photographs

  Eiji Tomita

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• Architects

  JAM

• Location

  Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

• Category

  Apartment interiors

• Architect in Charge

  Jun Murata

• Area

  24.0 sqm

• Project Year

  2016

Though architectural history is replete with bricks, stones, and steel, there is no rule that states that architecture must be ‘solid’. Sverre Fehn, one of the most prominent architects of postwar Norway, regularly made use of heavy materials like concrete and stone masonry in his projects [1]. In this way, his proposal for the Nordic Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo in 1970 could be seen as an atypical exploration of a more delicate structure. Representing a very different aspect of ‘Modernity’ than his usual work, Fehn’s “breathing balloon” pavilion stands not only in contradiction to Fehn’s design canon, but to that of traditional architecture as a whole.

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