This paper examines the design activity of the regionalism in postwar Okinawa. Okinawa where has characteristic tropical traditional culture and advanced reinforced concrete construction technology and industry, has been reversed from U.S.A. to Japan in 1972. Around the time, it has been one of main interests among local architects to aim for the design based on regionalism that expresses their cultural identity with modern methods. The paper has a focus on the design activity of the regionalism in postwar Okinawa, especially on the concepts and design methods of "the Naha civic hall" that has revealed a characteristic approach for the local architecture.
