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FUJITA MUSEUM / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers
Down to Earth Practice: How Some Japanese Architects Have Taken their Offices to the Streets
As the discourse about the way we work continues past the original pandemic concern and past the hybrid, remote, or what was once called traditional office space; employers and employees alike are still revisiting mental comfort requirements of a post-pandemic worker. While there are many types of work environments and worker needs that have to be addressed separately (besides the white-collar or knowledge worker), from a design and policies front; one particular, newborn model has been popping up in recent years, thus far seen through some unique, smallscale yet norm challenging Japanese offices.
Chayamadai Danchi Housing Complex / Studio Rakkora Architects
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Architects: Studio Rakkora Architects
- Area: 229 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Eiko, Panasonic, TORI
Backdoor Bar / Hidenori Tsuboi Architects
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Architects: Hidenori Tsuboi Architects
- Area: 84 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: HAY, Hirata TILE, ModuleX
Loft Villa / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
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Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
- Area: 148 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Vectorworks, Toto, Vola
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Professionals: Natural Sense
Lula Hair Salon / YYA / Yusuke Yoshino Architects
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Architects: YYA / Yusuke Yoshino Architects
- Area: 65 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Addwall, MIYAKOYOGYO, ModuleX, Union
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Professionals: YYA / Yusuke Yoshino Architects
TSURUMI Children’s Hospice / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers
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Architects: TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers
- Area: 979 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Revit, Vector Works
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Professionals: Taisei Corporation, SIRIUS LIGHTING OFFICE
House in Abeno / Fujiwaramuro Architects
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Architects: Fujiwaramuro Architects
- Area: 65 m²
- Year: 2020
A-House / Coil Kazuteru Matumura Architects
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Architects: Coil Kazuteru Matumura Architects
- Area: 59 m²
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: kimuko corp
Share Salon JAM / kfuna
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Architects: kfuna
- Area: 99 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: BEAUTY GARAGE, TAKARA BELMONT
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Professionals: kfuna company limited
Blue Bottle Coffee Umeda Chayamachi Cafe / I IN
House SY / Moca Architects
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Architects: Moca Architects
- Area: 105 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: FLOS, Maruni, NEW LIGHT POTTERY
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Professionals: Takashi Manda Structural
U House / rivvon inc.
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Architects: rivvon inc.
- Area: 75 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: +veve, Coda
Honjo-west Office / OSTR
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Architects: OSTR
- Area: 90 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen
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Professionals: komt
Cartier Shinsaibashi Façade / Klein Dytham architecture
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Architects: Klein Dytham architecture
- Year: 2021
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Professionals: ICE, TECTONICA, Takenaka Corporation
Earth House / Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates
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Architects: Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates
- Area: 239 m²
- Year: 2018
House Hm / Hideo Arao Architects Office
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Architects: Hideo Arao Architects Office
- Area: 110 m²
- Year: 2021
World's Most Liveable Cities in 2021: Auckland in New Zealand Tops the Ranking
Auckland in New Zealand has topped the ranking in the 2021 EIU's annual world's most liveable city survey. Classifying 140 cities across five categories including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure, this year’s edition of the review has been highly affected by the global pandemic. Australia, Japan, and New Zealand took leading positions, while European and Canadian cities fell down the ranking.