title: Shin Takamatsu
text: # Shin Takamatsu
  
  Shin Takamatsu (born August 5, 1948 in Nima, Shimane) is a leading Japanese architect. After he obtained PhD from Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, in 1980, he became a lecturer at Osaka University of Arts in 1981, an associate professor at Kyoto Seika University in 1987, a professor at Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University in 1997 and professor emeritus at Kyoto University in 2013. Takamatsu's futuristic looking buildings often use anthropomorphic or mechanical imagery.
  
  ## Notable projects
  
  * Komakinetei, 1977, Hyogo Prefecture, Takarazuka, Japan
  * Kido clinic, 1978, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Yamamoto Atelier, 1978, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Hubei electric second companies shop, 1978, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Ichon dyeing factory building, 1979, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Yamaguchi photo studio, 1980, Joyo, Kyoto, Japan
  * Sasaki confectionery, 1978, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Origin I, 1981, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Shugakuin house I, 1981, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Shimogamo house, 1982, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Saifukuji Temple, 1982, Kani, Gifu, Japan
  * Miyahara House, 1982, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Yoshida House, 1982, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Origin II, 1982, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Terada of house, 1983, Joyo, Kyoto, Japan
  * Ark Nishina dental clinic, 1983, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Waterworks bureau staff's house, 1983, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
  * Pharaoh dental clinic, 1984, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Garden, 1984, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Kyoto traditional craft Expo Theme Pavilion, 1984, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Dance Hall, 1984, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Naka-ku, Japan
  * Shugakuin house II, 1985, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Week, 1986, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Ogura Flats, 1986, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
  * Miyata House, 1986, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Matsui House, 1986, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Zach, 1986, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Mon, 1986, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * School, 1986, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan
  * Origin III, 1986, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Unagidani Ining'23, 1987, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan
  * Gazon-E, 1987, Moriyama, Shiga, Japan
  * Cube Minamimukonoso, 1987, Amagasaki , Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  * Cube AMX, 1987, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
  * '87 World castle Expo venue, 1987, Shiga Prefecture Hikone, Japan (not existing)
  * Maruhigashi Gion building, 1987, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * MK Oil Higashigojo gas station, 1987, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Kirin Plaza, 1987, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan (not existing)
  * Kitayama Ining'23, 1987, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Orphe, 1987, Nishio, Aichi, Japan
  * Yodoyabashi Imanishi Bill 3, 1987, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan
  * Auberge, 1987, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Tatoo, 1989, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  * Station MK, 1989, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Strawberries and main building, 1989, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan (not existing)
  * Solaris, 1990, Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture
  * SYNTAX, 1990, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan (not existing)
  * Nima Sand Museum, 1990, Oda, Shimane, Japan
  * Imanishi Motoakasaka, 1991, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
  * Earth Tech char sub-one, 1991, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
  * Ueno Green Club, 1992, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
  * Octagon, 1992, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
  * ORC Project, 1992, (not realized)
  * Kunibiki Messe hall, Shimane, 1993
  * Shimane Prefectural Industrial Exchange Hall Kunibiki Messe, 1993, Matsue , Shimane Prefecture, Japan
  * Hotel Ravie Kawaryo, 1994, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan
  * Quasar, 1995, Berlin, Germany
  * Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, 1995, Hoki, Tottori, Japan
  * Kirin Headquarters, 1995, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan (not existing)
  * Nagasaki Port Passenger Terminal, 1995, Nagasaki, Japan
  * Mihonoseki Sea Gakuen hometown Creation Museum Meteor Plaza, 1995, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
  * Hamada World Children's Museum, 1996, Hamada, Shimane, Japan
  * Minato Sakai Exchange Center, 1997, Sakaiminato, Tottori, Japan
  * Sugawara Lifelong Learning (Social) Center, 1997, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
  * Kitanagoya Community Center, 1997, Kitanagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
  * Fuchu Community Center, 1998, Fuchu, Hiroshima, Japan
  * Nose Myoken-san Worship Hall, 1998, Kawanishi, Hyogo, Japan
  * Higashi Honganji Reception Hall, 1998, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Wacoal Headquarters, 1998, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan
  * Babelsberg fx. Center, 1999, Potsdam, Germany
  * Shikatsu Community Center, 2000 Shikatsu, Aichi, Japan
  * Black Pearl, 2002, Taipei, Taiwan
  * National Theatre Okinawa, 2003, Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
  * Tianjin Museum, 2004, Tianjin, China
  * Namba Hips, 2007, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan
  * Bidzina Ivanishvili residence, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2007
  * Formosa Boulevard Station of Kaohsiung MRT, 2008, Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  * Marumisangyo Headquarters, 2008, Nagoya, Japan
  * Shitennoji Gakuen Elementary School, 2009, Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan
  * Doshisha International Institute, 2011, Kizugawa, Kyoto, Japan
  * Shōji Ueda Museum of Photography, Hōki, Tottori
  * National Theater, Okinawa
  * Nose Myoken-san Temple, Kawanishi, Hyogo
  * Bidzina Ivanishvili business center, Tbilisi
  