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Architects Atelier Ryo Abe integrates original ideas and forms with traditional Japanese techniques and materials in order to establish a new international style appropriate to these times. The appearance and inner space of their buildings use very spontaneous forms, and gestures to create a dialog with the surrounding environment and its inhabitants. Indeed, in our approach, the building is part of the environment - part of nature, as are we.
Ryo Abe is a Japanese architect and principal of Architects Atelier Ryo Abe founded in 1995. The office has been recognized with numerous awards amongst others the GOOD DESIGN AWARD, the AR AWARD FOR EMERGING ARCHITECTURE, the WAN AWARDS 21 FOR 21, the Barbara Cappochin Biennial Internationa Prize 2011, the Special Prize For Excellence in the Detailed Elements of the Building and the World Architecture Festival 2011 World Culture Building of the Year. Ryo Abe is a lecturer of Architecture at Meiji University.