"Founded in 2020 by Masato Igarashi, IGArchitects is an architectural practice based in Tokyo and Saitama, Japan. The studio, one of the winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards, explores enduring architecture through a careful yet assertive treatment of structure, scale, and materiality. Prior to establishing his own practice, Igarashi worked at the large-scale firm Shimizu Sekkei as well as the Suppose Design Office, gaining experience across projects ranging from major developments to smaller, concept-driven works."
"The studio, one of the winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards, explores enduring architecture through a careful yet assertive treatment of structure, scale, and materiality. Prior to establishing his own practice, Igarashi worked at the large-scale firm Shimizu Sekkei as well as the Suppose Design Office, gaining experience across projects ranging from major developments to smaller, concept-driven works. This breadth of experience continues to inform IGArchitects' current focus on residential and commercial architecture across Japan."
IGArchitects operates from Tokyo and Saitama, Japan, and was founded in 2020 by Masato Igarashi. The practice emphasizes enduring architecture through a careful yet assertive treatment of structure, scale, and materiality. The studio received recognition as a winner of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards. Igarashi accumulated experience at the large-scale firm Shimizu Sekkei and at Suppose Design Office, working on projects from major developments to smaller concept-driven works. That combination of large-scale and concept-driven experience informs IGArchitects' focus on residential and commercial architecture across Japan.
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