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Takashi Niwa (born in 1979) is a Japanese Architects, Founder/Director of Takashi Niwa Architects, Vietnam and Japan branch. First-class registered architect of Japan, Registered Architect in Vietnam

Biography
Takashi Niwa was born in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 1979 and completed graduate school at Tokyo Metropolitan University in 2003 (Seiichi Fukao Laboratory). Since 2005, he has been working on architecture projects and industrial design in Japan and Malaysia at Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network. In 2010, he joined Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN architects) in Vietnam as a partner, the representative in the Hanoi office, and participated mainly in projects in northern Vietnam, China, and Europe.

In 2018, Takashi Niwa Architects (Niwa Architects Co., Ltd) - NIWAA was established in Hanoi. Currently, he is working on projects in Vietnam and Asian countries. In 2020, he won the highest in Competition of Saigon River Pedestrian Bridge Competition.

In 2018, he also has been a visiting researcher at Vietnam Japan University (Hanoi).

Publications
2018『Going Green with Vertical Landscapes』

Awards
And more than 40 international awards
 * ARCASIA Award - Building of the Year (18 Asian countries)
 * Green Good Design Award (USA)
 * FuturArc Green Leadership Award (Singapore)
 * Vietnam Architects Association Award (Vietnam)

Lectures

 * 2018, Anthology Festival (Philippines) | Aichi Shukutoku University
 * 2019, Kyoto Art University, National College of Technology Ishikawa
 * 2020, Amity University Kolkata (India)