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Friday, August 29, 2008

yokohama triennale 08 preview: akihisa hirata

akihisa hirata, one of the most promising young architects in japan, will make the 'house of houses' developing
his 2007 concept 'house t'. this experimental building will host the triennial's information center and an exhibition
of housing proposals by several other architects. since the earlier work 'house s' (2006), hirata has been exploring
untapped potential of pitched-roof house. hirata set up his office in 2005 after working at toyo ito's office where
he was responsible for tod's building and the forum ghent proposal among other projects.
from yokohama triennale 08 preview: akihisa hirata