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Yuko Nagayama & Associates
Contemporary Japanese Architect Practice. Design Studio Info
post updated 12 April 2026
Recent buildings by this design firm:
– ANTEPRIMA Nihonbashi Takashimaya 3F
2025.03 – 2025.08
commercial
Tokyo
– NOUSAKU / NS by NOUSAKU Tokyo Midtown
2024.12-2025.7
commercial
Tokyo Midtown Galleria 3F
– JINS atré YOTSUYA
2024.07 – 2024.08
commercial
Tokyo
– Fujiya1935
Architecture
2025.6
restaurant
Osaka
– Sea Hammock | Umekita Park (GRAND GREEN OSAKA)
2025.6.13 – 2025.7.10
exhibition
Osaka
– Sea Hammock | Frogs FARM (AWAJISHIMA)
2024.8.10 –
installation
Hyogo, FrogsFARM
– Flower Hammock | Playground Becomes Dark Slowly
2024.4.27 – 2024.5.12
exhibition
Tokyo
– Sea Hammock | SAKURA HIROBA (KADOMA)
2024.3.26 –
exhibition
Osaka
– Tamagawa Takashimaya S.C. Main Building 2F
2023.01 – 2024.11
commercial
Setagaya City, Tokyo 158-0094
– NS by NOUSAKU COREDO MUROMACHI TERRACE
2024.7-2024.11
commercial
Tokyo
– NS by NOUSAKU
2024
– AOI CELESTIE COFFEE ROASTERY
2021.10-2024.12
commercial
Aichi
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Yuko Nagayama – Key Projects
Featured buildings by this design firm:
House, Tokyo, Japan
Date built: 2007
Blanc – café building, Hyogo, Japan
Date built: 2013
Blanc is a minimalist interior located in Hyogo, Japan. The cafe is built with an angled roof on the side of the building facing the street. The concrete exterior is fitted with large windows separated by horizontal concrete beams. Near the center of the structure, a cut-out is made to form a small courtyard.
More architectural design projects online soon
Location: 2-19-18-5F, Kamiogi, Suginamiku, Tokyo, Japan 167-0043.
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Tokyo Design Practice Information
Architect studio based in Tokyo, Japan
Address:
1-39-1 Momoi Suginami-ku, Tokyo Carrot Suginami Building 4F
Contact details:
tel: 03-6913-7097 / fax: 03-6913-7098
mail: contact(at)yukonagayama.co.jp
Ginza area at dusk from Tokyo Tower:
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Yuko Nagayama Biography
Biography
First class building office registration number 52204
First-class architect registration number 324759
1975: Born in Tokyo
1998: Graduated from Showa Women’s University Department of Life Sciences Department of Life Environment
1998: Joined Aoki Jun Architectural Planning Office
2002: Aoki Jun Architectural planning office left
2002: Yuko Nagayama Building Design Established
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Architectural Awards
Key Architectural Awards won by this Japanese Design Studio:
2004: Nakanoshima Shinkansen Station Planning Design Competition Excellence Award
2005: Tsukuba Garden City Concept 2nd House Competition Competition
2005: JCD Design Award 2005 Encouragement Prize “Louis Vuitton Kyoto Daimaru”
2005: L’Oreal Colors and Science and Art Prize Encouragement Prize “Kaleidoscope Real”
2006: AR Awards Highly Commended Award “a hill on a house”
2007: Best Debutant Award (MFU) Building Division Award
2012: Architectural Record Design Vanguard Architects 2012
2014: Japan Architects Association JIA Newcomer Award “Toshima Yokoo Museum”
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Yuko Nagayama & Associates is a Tokyo-based architecture studio led by Yuko Nagayama, known for its refined, concept-driven work that blends architecture, interiors, and exhibition design.
This architectural practice has built a reputation for creating light, fluid, and experiential spaces, often characterized by delicate geometries, transparency, and a careful orchestration of light and movement. Nagayama’s work frequently explores how architecture can evoke emotion and narrative, producing environments that feel both contemporary and poetic.
Her projects span a wide range of scales and typologies, including commercial buildings, cultural spaces, retail environments, and installations. Many of these works engage closely with context, whether through material selection, spatial layering, or subtle references to traditional Japanese aesthetics.
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Yuko Nagayama & Associates : Japanese Architects
Ota Art Museum & Library, Gunma Prefecture
Architects: akihisa hirata architecture office
photo : Daici Ano
Ota Art Museum & Library Building
Green Triangle – Aoyama 346, Minamiaoyama, Minato
Design: Ryuichi Sasaki + Rieko Okumura/ Sasaki Architecture
photo © Koichi Torimura
Green Triangle – Aoyama 346 in Tokyo
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Website: https://www.yukonagayama.co.jp/en/