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Wood In Architecture Issue 1, 2023

First published in 2017, Wood in Architecture (WIA) is a bi-annual trade magazine devoted to the international timber construction sector. The newest addition to the Panels & Furniture Group of wood magazines, WIA features in-depth insights to the latest industry news, incredible projects and leading trade events. WIA is an advocate for timber as a material of choice for today’s built environment, and is the perfect source of inspiration for architects, builders, engineers and interior designers across the globe.

First published in 2017, Wood in Architecture (WIA) is a bi-annual trade magazine devoted to the international timber construction sector. The newest addition to the Panels & Furniture Group of wood magazines, WIA features in-depth insights to the latest industry news, incredible projects and leading trade events. WIA is an advocate for timber as a material of choice for today’s built environment, and is the perfect source of inspiration for architects, builders, engineers and interior designers across the globe.

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FIT-OUTS<br />

Yamagiwa Osaka<br />

showroom and office<br />

The louvres of the showroom<br />

can be adjusted freely<br />

PROJECT INFORMATION<br />

LOCATION: Osaka, Japan<br />

ARCHITECTURE FIRM:<br />

Yuko Nagayama and Associates<br />

CLIENT: Yamagiwa<br />

PRINCIPLE USE: Showroom<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY: Nobutada Omote<br />

<strong>Architecture</strong> firm Yuko Nagayama<br />

and Associations was commissioned<br />

to design a new Osaka showroom<br />

for lighting manufacturer Yamagiwa.<br />

Drawing inspiration from the company’s<br />

logo, a symbol of radiating light<br />

designed by Yusaku Kamekura, the<br />

architects decided to construct the<br />

space from assemblages of fine lines.<br />

<strong>Wood</strong>en louvres are used on the ceiling<br />

while vertical louvres reminiscent of<br />

paper shoji screens serve as partitions<br />

that let in soft light. Polished brass rods<br />

embedded in the flooring and stucco<br />

walls catch the light from fixtures and<br />

glimmer like gold threads in Japanese<br />

brocade, representing light beams. As<br />

Yamagiwa expands its reach as a global<br />

brand from Japan to the world, this<br />

new showroom expresses exquisite<br />

craftsmanship and the play of light and<br />

shadow in an ambiance that is both<br />

neutral and distinctly Japanese.<br />

Because the showroom displays<br />

lifestyle products focused on lighting,<br />

the architects used several strategies<br />

to create a homelike, human feel.<br />

WOOD IN ARCHITECTURE • ISSUE 1 – <strong>2023</strong> 59

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