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Yoshichika Takagi
The young Japanese architect Yoshichika Takagi (1975) was born in Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido and graduated from Hokkai Gakuen University in 1998. He joined the "School of Architecture” architectural association in 2001. After working at the Norisada Maeda Atelier for 4 years, he founded his own architectural practice in 2012. He currently teaches at Hokkai Gakuen University. In his personal career, Takagi has so far mainly worked on residential architecture and ....
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Hua Li - TAO
Hua Li (1972) is a Chinese architect who works mainly in his own country. His numerous projects are openly influenced by Chinese culture and the surrounding nature. Graduating in 1994 from Tsinghua University, he completed his studies at Yale University. He worked in New York and Peking prior to setting up his own Practice TAO (Trace Architecture Office) in 2009, with which he has created his most significant projects. Hua Li views architecture “as an evolving organism, ....
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Love Architecture Inc.
Japanese architect Yukio Asari (1969) graduated from the School of Architecture at Musashino Art University in Kodaira, Tokyo in 1994. He went on to specialize with a Master’s degree from Shibaura Institute of Technology and worked for Sowa Giken Co., Ltd. (1996-2001) before founding Love Architecture Inc in 2001. In his studio in Setagaya, Asari also works on interior design, landscape design, installation and renovation projects. In Love ....