Hiramoto Design Studio

Hiramoto Design Studio is a Tokyo practice founded in 2003 by Hideyuki Hiramoto, a designer and first-class architect who studied at Waseda University and spent two years at Studio Pietropoli in Italy before joining Kajima Design. Architecture is the backbone, but the studio moves between buildings, interiors, products and graphics, and is often brought in at the branding stage so a concept carries through to the last detail.

It is known for hospitality and retail: the KASHO GYOEN hotel in Jozankei, MONO CA’TALY shops in Tokyo, restaurants such as Biffi Teatro, Chateraise store formats across Japan and a facade for the LG twin towers in Beijing. Projects have won the iF Design Award, the A’ Design Award, the International Property Award, the Architecture MasterPrize, AHEAD and the KUKAN and JCD awards, and appeared in Vogue and AXIS.