About Masakatsu Matsuyama : Matsuyama Architect and Associates is the design-led award winning architectural practice based in Fukuoka, Kyusyu, Japan. In more than 20 years of practice history, series of finely crafted architecture has been produced that praise profound tradition of Japanese culture and harmonise with contemporary society in the globe. Among the wide range of projects in scale, from 11,000 m2 hospital to a suburban wooden shed, luxury resort-like healthcare design based on thorough understanding of functionalities create distinctive character of the practice. At the same time residential building based on careful observation of human activities generate simple but accomplished prototype of contemporary residential buildings.