From the Taisho era to the beginning of Showa era reinforced-concrete school buildings gave variety to the design of elementary school buiIdings. Take Osaka city for instanse, the abolition of the school district system rapidly promoted the tendency of building reinforced-concrete school buiIdings. The design was not made by official architects in the city office, but by freelance architects. Designing individual freelance architects is reflected in school buildings, which is worthy of attention. The diversity and uniqueness in designing are characteristics of elementary school buildings before the abolition of school districts system. The study made it clear that the existence of freelance architects can never be ignored in describing the history of designing of school buildings.
