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Each design challenge is a unique opportunity for invention and expression, integration of artistic imperatives and pragmatic needs, and for the critical reexamination of cultural norms.

Overview

Riccardo Tossani, Architecture (RTA) is a multi-disciplinary, creative design studio that breaks down the distinctions between traditional disciplines. Architecture is advanced through the integration of all aspects of design, addressing planning, buildings, interiors furniture and landscape. Our capabilities ensure that these are tightly woven into an architecture that becomes part of the cultural landscape.

RTA is based in Tokyo.

Highly proficient European, American and Japanese trained architects and interior designers, licensed to practice on several continents ensure an architectural approach based on broad international experience.

Project capabilities include hotel/resort, all types of residential, corporate/office, interior design, programming and master planning. The studio also has considerable experience in product, furniture, graphic design and sculpture.

RTA is currently engaged in a variety of projects in Japan and abroad.

Principals

Riccardo Tossani

Riccardo Tossani

Principal, Chief Architect

Membership

1981
American Institute of Architects, Associate (AIA) Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Registered Architect

Education

1980
B. Arch. (Honours) University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
1985
Certificate of Planning University of Florence, Florence, Italy
1986-1988
Cross Registered MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) , Cambridge, USA
1988
M. Arch. in Urban Design (Distinction) Top Graduate Award, Class of ‘88 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, USA

Qualifications

1980-1984
Architect, Design Partner, Villis + Tossani Architects, Adelaide, Australia
Architects and Interior Designers
1984-1986
Design Architect, ArcoProgetti, Florence, Italy
Architects, Urban Designers and Planners
1987
Consultant, City of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Department of Design and Planning
1988
Consultant, A.C. Martin Associates, Los Angeles, USA
Architects and Planners
1993-1995
Founding Director, Johnson Fain and Pereira International, Guam, USA
1988-1997
Associate, Johnson Fain and Pereira Associates, Los Angeles, USA
1997-Present
Principal, Riccardo Tossani Architecture, Tokyo, Japan

Professional Affiliations

Board Member, AIA Japan
Member, American Chamber of Commerce, Japan
Member, Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce, Japan
Member, Italian Chamber of Commerce, Japan

With a career that has spanned several continents over four decades, Tossani’s work is founded on the renaissance notion of design as a creative and intellectual exercise that encompasses the broad spectrum of world making, from tableware to architecture and town planning. Awarded distinctions as the top graduate of the Master’s class in architecture and urban design at Harvard University’s renowned Graduate school of Design, and an Honours graduate of the professional architecture program the University of Adelaide, Australia, Tossani has pursued a wide range of project types through design practice in Europe, Australia, the United States and Japan. Tossani founded the Tokyo-based practice of Riccardo Tossani Architecture with his partner Atsuko Itoda in 1997, and with an international staff they have completed a diverse range of architecture, interior and planning projects around the world. Under Tossani’s direction as design principal the firm continues to address issues of multi-culturalism, social evolution and environmental sustainability.

Riccardo Tossani is an active aviator and an instrument rated (IFR) pilot.


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Atsuko Itoda Tossani

Atsuko Itoda Tossani

Chief Interior Architect

Education

1995
B. Arts / Interior Design
Joshibi (Women's Fine Arts) University

Qualifications

1988-1993
Interior Designer, Shigeta Kenchiku Sekkei, Tokyo, Japan
Architects and Interior Designers
1995-1996
Interior Designer, Johnson Fain and Pereira Associates, Los Angeles, USA
Architects and Planners
1996-1997
Interior Designer, SOM, Los Angeles, USA
Architects and Planners
1997-Present
Chief Interior Architect, Riccardo Tossani Architecture, Tokyo, Japan

Chief Interior Architect and managing partner at RTA, Atsuko Itoda directs all interior design activities on a wide range of project types within Japan and abroad, Itoda is a graduate of the prestigious Joshibi (Tokyo Women’s University of Fine Arts), and has practiced with SOM as well as Johnson Fain Pereira in Los Angeles. Itoda’s work has a restrained contemporary flavor rich in character with a strong undercurrent of traditional Japanese craftsmanship. It looks to the future with a nod to the past, making it timeless. A perpetual student of lifestyle trends and fashion, Itoda’s perspective is founded deeply in the highly cultivated Japanese artistic tradition. Her innovative approach to optimizing project functionality within economic constraints has generated design recognized and published worldwide.

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Associates

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  • Ashley Brown
    Ashley Brown
    Associate, Senior architect
  • Yasuyuki Fukuda
    Yasuyuki Fukuda
    Associate, Senior architect

Ashley Brown

Associate, Senior architect

Education

1987
B. Sc. (Architecture)
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
1990
B. Arch. (Honours 1)
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Ashley Brown is an Associate & Senior Architect at Riccardo Tossani Architecture, and has been an important member of the firm for over 13 years. His projects for the studio include a number of mixed-use retail, hotel-condominiums and residential estate developments in Hokkaido, as well as a boutique resort in Thailand, high-end private residences and a child development center project in Tokyo.

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Yasuyuki Fukuda

Associate, Senior architect

Education

1998
B. Arch
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2011
MA Architecture (Dist.)
University of Westminster, London, UK

Yasu is a qualified Japanese architect with over 20 years of professional experience in Japan and abroad. He is the managing architect at RTA who leads and guide international architects and designers of the practice.
Yasu studied architecture at Tohoku University where he read theatre architecture and room acoustics in particular. He then worked as the technical director in London and involved in a series of theatre projects in UK as well as various projects of historical interest and contemporary interventions in England during his career at the London architects practice　Helm Architecture, London for 12 years.
He obtained a Master Degree with Distinction from University of Westminster, London, where he studied the cultural sensitivity and architecture at Master of Architecture, Cultural Identity and Globalization unit. His academic background extends to lectures and seminars given at London Met University in London, Utsunomiya University and professional associations in Japan.
The architectural experience he gained from professional practice and academic environment both in international contexts have been supporting the creative & critical design process at RTA, and the architectural projects delivered by the practice.

He is a father of three, and loves cooking.

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Corporate

  • Company

    Riccardo Tossani Architecture Incorporated

  • Address

    T+ Building 3-17-7 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0042
    T : 03.5457.1032　/　F : 03.5457.1030

  • Established

    July 1st, 1997

  • Incorporated

    November 1st, 2005

  • Capital

    10,000,000 Yen

  • Activity

    Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Design, Supervision of works

  • History

    1997 Riccardo Tossani Architecture established
    2005 Riccardo Tossani Architecture Limited established
    2006 Riccardo Tossani Architecture Incorporated established

  • Board Members

    CEO：Atsuko Tossani
    Principal：Riccardo Tossani

  • Main activity area

    Niseko, Japan
    Tokyo, Japan