CAPD

Biography

Kazuo Monnai
1999 Graduated from Hiroshima Institute of Technology Polytechnic
1999 A.A.C Architects Office
2000 Urban Landscape Designers & Architects
2001 Kisuke Design
2002 Established C.A.P Design
2003 Established Project Team MosWorks
2004 Reorganized to CAP Design
2009 Reorganized to CAPD, Inc.

Yohichi Takahashi
2000 Graduated from Hiroshima Institute of Technology Polytechnic
2000 A.A.C Architects Office
2004 Atelier UD
2004 Joined CAP Design

Philosophy

CAPD (formerly C.A.P Design, Inc.) is an architectural design firm based in Hiroshima. We work both in Japan and internationally, with our international work centered in New York. At CAPD, we aim to avoid established stereotypes and instead use our own five senses to determine what is essentially necessary, paring away excess elements to create structures with greater universality. Our goal is architecture that uses the fewest possible elements to achieve the greatest possible impact.

Awards

2010 BEST STORE OF THE YEAR 18th Excellence prize
2009 GOOD DESIGN AWARD
2009 TOTO Remodeling Style Contest, Excellence prize
2008 JCD DESIGN AWARD BEST100
2007 JCD DESIGN AWARD, New face award
2007 JCD DESIGN AWARD BEST100
2006 TOTO Remodeling Style Contest, Chugoku & Shikoku block award
2006 Electric Home Architectural Contest
2005 WH Housing Competition, Nagoya
2005 WH Housing Competition, Oosaka

Exhibitions

2009 001 CAPD Exhibition