Description of contents
This book is a collection of works by onishimaki+hyakudayuki ⁄ o+h, an architectural design firm led by the acclaimed young architects Maki Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda. It introduces 15 works, including their debut work, "Double Helix House," the Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan for Design 2023-winning "Shelter Inclusive Place Copal," and their latest work, "Office in a Cherry Field," through photographs, drawings, and explanatory texts. It also includes forewords by Maki Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda, as well as contributions from Toyo Ito and Ryue Nishizawa. This book compiles the philosophy and works of o+h, continually questioning what makes architecture a place to be loved.
Profile
onishimaki+hyakudayuki / o+h
o+h is an architectural design firm co-chaired by architects Maki Onishi and Yuki Hyakuda established in 2008. The duo works on various architectural projects, including residences, public facilities, offices, welfare institutions, and stores, and they also plan and publish workshops, lectures, study groups, and books. Major awards include the Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan for Design, 2023, the BCS Prize (2023), the 2nd ADAN Prize Grand Prize (2018), and JIA Young Architect Award (2018), among others. During the Japan Pavilion exhibition at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia in 2023, Onishi served as curator and Hyakuda as deputy curator under the theme of “Architecture, a place to be loved—when architecture is seen as a living creature.”
Maki Onishi
Born in Aichi in 1983, graduated from the Undergraduate School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 2006, receiving a master’s degree in engineering from the Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 2008. She has been a part-time lecturer at Kyoto University since 2016, and a professor at Yokohama Graduate School of Architecture Y-GSA, YOKOHAMA National University since 2022.
Yuki Hyakuda
Born in Hyogo in 1982, graduated from the Undergraduate School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University in 2006, receiving a master’s degree in engineering from the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in 2008. He worked at Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects from 2009 until 2014 and has been a part-time lecturer at YOKOHAMA National University since 2017.
