OGATAYOHEI

OGATAYOHEI is the Tokyo studio of architect Yohei Ogata, working across architecture, interiors and photography. Ogata, born in Fukuoka in 1985, graduated from Waseda University in 2009, completed his master’s there in 2011, spent eight years at Nikken Sekkei, and opened his own practice in 2019; in 2026 he established OAAA Inc., a first-class architectural design office in Tokyo.

The built work is led by Takada House, published as honest house, which received an iF Design Award in 2021, an honourable mention at the Architecture MasterPrize and the Architectural Institute of Japan’s new talent award in 2024. DEEPHOUSE was shortlisted at the London International Creative Competition, and Ogata’s photography took a gold at the Tokyo International Foto Awards in 2022. He teaches at Tokyo Polytechnic and Musashino universities.