A.N.D.) is an architectural firm based in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2006 by renowned design guru Ryu Kosaka. The studio has become one of the top design firms in Asia. Led by Ryu Kosaka, the studio has received numerous awards around the world for commercial, hotel, office, restaurant, retail, exhibition and residential projects.
Naamura Arts & Craftees (A.N.D.) is a Tokyo-based architecture firm founded in 2006 by renowned architect Ryu Kosaka. The studio has become one of the top design firms in Asia. Under the leadership of Ryu Kosaka, the studio has won numerous awards for commercial, hotel, office, restaurant, retail, exhibition and residential projects around the world.
Born in 1960 in Tokyo, Japan, Ryu Kosaka graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Musashi University of the Arts. For each design, Ryu Kosaka pays special attention to the lighting to give the space an emotional outpouring, like an architectural poet in the space. He hopes to convey the spirit of design through the modern expression of lighting and materials. At the same time, it deepens the connection between people, pours attention into the smallest details, makes the senses more sensitive, and creates a space design of timeless quality.
Ryu Kosaka was born in Tokyo in 1960 and graduated from the Department of Architecture at Musashi University of the Arts. For each design, Ryu Kosaka pays special attention to the emotional outpouring of space, as if it were an architectural poet in space. He hopes to convey the spirit of the design through the modern expression of light and materials. At the same time, it deepens the connection between people, pays attention to the smallest details, sharpens the senses, and creates a space of timeless quality.
Ryu Kosaka's hotel design has become a bellwether for modern Japanese hotels, such as the main restaurant of Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, the public space and environmental design of the new Tokyo Marunouchi Building, the Japan Airlines Sakura Lounge (Haneda International Airport) and the internationally acclaimed W Hotel Guangzhou FEI Ultra Lounge, making him the first Japanese to win the Best Bar Award at the prestigious Restaurant & Bar Design Award.
Ryu Kosaka's hotel design has become a bellwether for modern Japanese hotels. His work includes the Main Dining Room of the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, the design of the public spaces and environment for the Shin-marunouchi Buidling (Marunouchi, Tokyo), the JAL Sakura Lounge (Haneda International Airport) and the internationally acclaimed W Guangzhou FEI Ultra Lounge in China for which he became the first Japanese national to be awarded Best Bar at the prestigious Restaurant & Bar Design Awards.
Japanese design gives the deepest impression: quiet, natural, oriental and pure. Ryu Kosaka's design can express the melody of oriental design, especially his design on the lighting, not bound by style and country, he pays more attention to the temperament interpretation of space. He prefers to use rustic, pure and natural materials.
The deepest impression of Japanese design is: quiet, natural, Oriental and pure. And Ryu Kosaka's design can exactly express the melody of Oriental design, especially his design of lighting, which is not restricted by style and country, he pays more attention to the interpretation of the temperament of space. He prefers to use simple, pure and natural materials.