When I saw the lucky drops from Atelier Tekuto on Dwell magazine I started digging more info about this Architecture firm from Japan. Then, an article on Wallpaper* really opened my eyes.
Asuhiro yamashita was born in kagoshima in 1960. he graduated in architecture from the shibaura institute of technology and received a master degree in 1986 through yutaka saito architect & associates, PANOM and shunji kondo architects. atelier tekuto was established in 1991 in tokyo.
yamashita creates his architecture based on the system of society, the environment and the function. he now also focuses on the relationship with other countries and regions. increasingly, yamashita is using natural resources such as wood, soil, and brick in an effort to care for the environment. the busan eco center in korea is now in the designing process and will be completed in 2006. this project has opened the way to concentrate not only on houses but on public and larger scale architecture as well.


awards include:
2005 good design award in japan, ‘lucky drops’.
ar+d awards first prize winner in uk, ‘cell brick’.
the 11th space design competition in japan, first prize, ‘crystal brick’.
the 24th INAX design contest in japan, third prize, ‘ka-su-ri’.
tokyo society of architects & building engineers, housing construction
encouragement prize in japan, ‘penguin house’, 2003.