Kobe is located on Osaka Bay in the Central region of Japan. Kobe’s historic Kitano-chō district has a rare and extensive collection of homes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the city’s Hyōgo Port first opened to American and European traders and diplomats, who brought along their particular architectural preferences with them.
Re-thinking The Future is a global platform for architecture and design. RTF along with our authors has curated a list of top architecture firms in various cities across the globe. Please note that the names are arranged in alphabetical order and are not ranked in any manner.
+ D Architects
Scope of services: Planning, Design, Supervision, Consulting, Detached Houses, New Construction
Types of Built Projects: Houses With Stores, Clinics, Apartments, Extension, Renovation, Remodeling
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Renovation
Website: www.plsd.info
+ D Architects is a first-class architect office based in Kobe. They plan, design and supervise various buildings such as new construction and remodeling of houses, office buildings and tenants, seismic retrofitting and renovation of wooden structures.
Atelier Fish Architecture
Scope of services: Architecture, Renovation, Residential, Commercial, New Buildings
Types of Built Projects: Store, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: As per client requirement
Website: www.atelierfish.jp
Atelier Fish Architecture (trademark atelierFISH) was established in 1998 as an architectural design office in Kobe. The business content covers various matters derived from architectural design, renovation reform and store design as the core.
Fukui Architect Design Office
Scope of services: Architecture, Residential, Commercial, New Buildings, Hospitality
Types of Built Projects: Store, Bar, Cafe, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Modern
Website: www.fukuisekkei.com
Fukui Architect Design Office is based in Kobe and was founded in 2016. Its portfolio mainly includes Architecture, Residential, Commercial, New Buildings and Hospitality.
H & Architects & Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Residential, Commercial, New Buildings, Hospitality, Interior Design
Types of Built Projects: Store, Bar, Cafe, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Japanese designs
Website: www.h-and.net
H & Architects & Associates are Business content Planning and design of architecture/interior, planning/design of products such as supervised furniture, and all business incidental to the above.
Hata Tomohiro Architect & Associates
Scope of services: New Construction, Renovation, Furniture, Lighting, Other Product Design, City Planning, Landscape Design
Types of Built Projects: Store, Bar, Cafe, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Modern
Website: www.hata-archi.com
They design and supervise buildings regardless of scale, use, new construction, renovation, etc., furniture, lighting, other product design, city planning, landscape design, etc.
Hideishi Ida Architectural Design Office
Scope of services: Survey, planning work, Design supervision contract, Implementation design work, Confirmation application business, Construction company selection work
Types of Built Projects: Store, Bar, Cafe, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Modern
Website: www.toti-kukan.cocolog-nifty.com
Hideishi Ida Architectural Design Office provides services in Survey, planning work, Design supervision contract, Implementation design work, Confirmation application business, and Construction company selection work.
Hyogo Prefecture Architects Office Association
Scope of services: Design and supervision of housing, Condominiums, Commercial facilities
Types of Built Projects: Store, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Technical development
Website: www brahma190.com
They provide design and supervision of housing, condominiums, commercial facilities, etc., basic design, planning and design work, Seismic diagnosis work, Condominium large-scale repair consultant work.
IZO Co., Ltd.
Scope of services: Architectural, Residential, Commercial, Public Building
Types of Built Projects: Store, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Simplicity
Website: www izoizo.com
IZO is a company that makes proposals to create the best place. The best site is a cosy home, a shop where the products are easy to see and you want to pick them up, a restaurant where you can talk, a room where you can immerse yourself in reading, and people who want it or want to provide it.
Katachi-To-Chikara
Scope of services: Architectural, Residential, Commercial, Public Buildings
Types of Built Projects: Showrooms, Workspaces, Store, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe
Style of work: Modern Architecture
Website: www.katachi-to-chikara.com
They are designing stores and workspaces to show, centred on showrooms. Both customers and workers are trying to propose architecture as a comfortable stage.
Keiichi Sugiyama Architect
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Design, Builder Architecture, Site Construction
Types of Built Projects: Store, Shop, Family House, Hotel, Restaurant, Villa, Bungalow
Locations of Built Projects: Kobe, Nara
Style of work: Remodelling, renovation and conversion
Website: www.keiichisugiyama.net
They accept design supervision of architecture, interior and furniture, design supervision of renovation and diversion such as remodeling, renovation and conversion, and general work incidental to them.