Architect Koichi Takada has released his second book, Naturalizing Architecture, published by Rizzoli New York.

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Approaching two decades in business, as Principal and Founder of Koichi Takada Architects (Sydney, Australia), Takada has become known globally for buildings that blend natural inspiration with contemporary form.

His work draws on organic lines and natural materials to create spaces that recreate the wellbeing effects of being in nature.

The book features Takada’s innovative and sustainable designs, showcasing his vision for the future of architecture.

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It is a curated collection of Takada’s recent projects, pushing further his reflections on the role architecture must play in connecting us with each other and with nature, in an increasingly disconnected era.

Featuring breathtaking photography of his buildings and interiors, along with diagrams and photography of the nature from which he draws inspiration, the book guides readers through Takada’s global ventures, including Upper House in Brisbane, the Palm Frond Retreat at Balmoral Beach in Australia, the award-winning Solar Trees Marketplace in Shanghai and Mamsha Palm on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi.

Each project illustrates Takada’s unique perspective. His work embodies a fusion of Japanese restraint coupled with an almost contradictory propensity to break the rules; which invites us as the onlooker to stop and consider nature’s role in contemporary cities.

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“Architecture today must respond to ecological constraints, but also offer more than utility,” says Takada. “It should inspire, connect and restore balance with nature.”

Naturalizing Architecture presents this philosophy through 240 pages of photography, diagrams and reflections.

With text by Architecture Writer Philip Jodidio, a foreword by Author and Director of Curatorial Affairs at Fondation Cartier, Béatrice Grenier, with an afterword by Takada himself.

“Koichi Takada’s projects propose new principles of mutuality and inclusion between nature, architecture and culture,” says Grenier.

This second book marks a new stage in Takada’s work, reinforcing his reputation as one of architecture’s most original voices.

Naturalizing Architecture is published by Rizzoli New York and available worldwide from October 2025.

Image: Upper House / Scott Burrows

Clémence Carayol

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