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his office, as well as invitations to lecture at local colleges on contemporary architecture and earth-building techniques. He soon partnered with prominent
Australian architect Peter Villis to form the practice Villis+Tossani Architects in Adelaide. During the next several years of practice Tossani's interest in the nature of beauty in architecture as well as the complexity of design issues at larger scales in urban settings, compelled him to embark on a study tour of Asia, China and Europe from February 1984. During these travels, particularly in China, Tossani studied the confluence of politics, ideology and metaphysics in design thinking at all scales, and the application in this regard of the
338:. Tossani has been appointed to the master planning committee commissioned by local government officials and business leaders to create a 10-year master plan for the beautification of Niseko, the neighbouring town of Kutchan and the countryside in-between, supported by $ 100 million in Japanese government subsidies. Tossani has since been instrumental in designing Niseko's most notable buildings as well as large-scale, private master planned resorts and public amenities, and with a satellite office in Hirafu Village remains very active in the area.
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planning and industrial design. Tossani's work is characterized by the use of a limited palette of carefully selected materials, simple yet innovative forms with emphasis on natural materials, space and light, as well as the incorporation of alternative energy sources where appropriate. Tossani's architecture strives for a positive engagement with the cultural and physical context, and is heavily inflected by metaphoric forms drawn from elements found in nature.
258:(JF)), in order to pursue his interest in architecture and urban design in a city increasingly recognized for its avant-garde architecture and urbanism. At JF Tossani became the founding Director of the Guam office, and participated as architect and urban designer on a range of diverse projects including upscale residences, resorts in the South Pacific, the research campus for the
119:(born 20 July 1957) is an Italo-Australian architect and is the principal of the international design practice, Riccardo Tossani Architecture, based in Tokyo, Japan. Under Tossani's direction, the firm integrates architecture with interior design and urban design in a holistic approach to world-making in the Renaissance tradition.
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Tossani relocated to Japan and established his own practice in Tokyo in 1997 together with his interior architect partner Atsuko Itoda. After receiving several awards, including the 1998–1999 Good Design Award (Japan) for "Villa
Colonna", the practice grew rapidly to include major Japanese as well as
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In
December 1980, just prior to graduating from the University of Adelaide, Tossani founded his first practice in Adelaide specializing in contemporary residences and with a focus on environmental and thermal performance design, with projects featured in Adelaide media leading to a rapid expansion of
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Tossani rejects the tendency of architects to specialize in limited functional categories, and instead subscribes to the renaissance notion of architecture as a multi-disciplinary vocation whose practitioners use their intellectual and creative skills to integrate building and interior design, urban
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and developed a fascination with form and design, originally planning a career in aviation as an aircraft designer and aviator. Opportunities for pursuing those goals were limited in
Adelaide so he chose to study architecture, graduating with Honours from the Bachelor of Architecture degree program
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While at university
Tossani developed a strong interest in sustainable and environmentally appropriate design, enhanced by 18 months of work experience for architect Robert Marshall, controversial Mayor of the Shire of Eltham, Melbourne and Australian architect renowned for advancing the design of
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Tossani's multidisciplinary approach encompasses urban planning as well as building, interior and industrial design for residential, resort and commercial projects from Japan and
Thailand to Italy and Australia. Many of the works by Riccardo Tossani Architecture have received multiple awards.
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Tossani is recognized for contemporary design and has produced a variety of works featured in international publications, has won several awards and has been active in hospitality, private residential and commercial sustainable architecture in Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia and Europe.
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in
Hokkaido, Japan, as well as the Hirafu-zaka Main Street master plan, as part of an urban revitalization strategy for this rapidly developing international resort destination. Other pro-bono works include the concept design for Chabad House, a community center for the
279:. Placing great emphasis on sustainable design principles, Riccardo Tossani Architectures' philosophical approach and projects have been published globally and widely recognized for their aesthetic innovations as well as contributions to social and environmental design.
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Tossani has been active in urban revitalization of rural communities in Japan with pro-bono consulting, and has co-authored a book on the government's response and recovery after Japan's 2011 tsunami in Tohoku. Tossani is an FAA instrument-rated private pilot.
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bridge over the Arno River. At
Arcoprogetti Tossani participated in various design projects including the new science campus for the University of Florence with prominent collaborating architects including
186:), Italy, in September 1984 to work for the architecture and urban design practice of Arcoprogetti, a collaborative of professors of architecture from the University of Florence, nominally headed by
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reconstruction policies and planning, required reading for
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international clients for projects in Japan, USA, Australia, Thailand, China and Italy. The office is active in the
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in 2012, which now forms perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of Japan's triple disaster, contributing the chapter
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in April, 1981. There he developed a world view drawn from a strong focus on Italian history, culture and language.
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and Forest Estate. Works also published internationally include the
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