Maker Profile: Yukihiro Akama

Originally from Japan, Akama studied architecture at Tohoku University of Art and Design, in Yamagata, Japan and began his working career as an architect.

Feeling a need to create physical objects using traditional tools with his hands, Yukihiro began assisting a carpenter building traditional timber framed houses, enjoying the process and environment this enabled him to work in, alongside working as a practising architect.

After his move to the UK in 2011, he was inspired to make small buildings based of vernacular houses from his travels around Asia and interesting buildings seen in the UK.

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