In Japan, the Accounting Law has had a strong influence on public procurements including architect selection, and the proposal method has just begun to spread. However, its implementation has been supported by the personal efforts of the person in charge. In this paper, with the interview to the key person who has been struggling for good architect-selection and analyzed the process on practice. As a result, we confirmed the importance of the following three points: requirement-briefing, selection-committee, and creating opportunities for proposals. On the other hand, this know-how was based on his experience in many departments as a prefectural official.

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The summary describes a rehabilitation work for practical use on the building 2 (formerly library) in Waseda University. The examination identified the importance of the building 2 for the university, the process of construction, the preceding rehabilitation work, etc. The rehabilitation of shikkui ceilings and the seismic reinforcement were conducted, preserving its cultural value. “T. T-WALL”, the wall for reinforcement, looking like the bookstack, was developed this time, reflecting an ideology by Tachu Naito, who designed the building 2 structurally. It may be one of the first attempts for rehabilitation work to inherit an ideology of a structural designer.

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This study is intended to clarify the vocabulary of architecture and urban design by analyzing the critical reviews in Sapporo Urban Design Awards. Critical reviews are described as composition of objects in evaluation and evaluation basis. As the results of classifications, objects in evaluation are classified into 30 categories of spatial elements and activities. And, evaluation basis are classified into 18 categories. These two aspects of reviews, objects and basis, are combined and form critical units. By analyzing of meanings, the differences of critical units are identified among the classifications of spatial types, architecture, open space and activities. its tend to be pointed basis in norm on the architecture, basis in utilities on whole and part of open space, and basis in matching and expression on part of objects. Typical forms of critical reviews have some kind of basis and objects, and some have hierarchical composition of objects and basis.

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