Osaka055

Thanks to the comments (and digg.com) we've found this building is an office complex/shopping center/garden/park thing called Namba Parks. This is the view of it from a window of the Nankai Namba Swissotel.

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k00pa says:

Great!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

vampireSafari says:

omg wtfbbq

/hello digg
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

bgarfinkel57 says:

holy shmoly guacamole
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

akchiu says:

nanba mall
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

TheCabaal says:

thats pretty crazy looking
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

fieldss88 says:

It"s Namba Parks. I live pretty close to it.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

shenku42 says:

wow... thats just really cool
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Heidi & Matt says:

this place is not only impressive in its structure, but i was also impressed by its diversity in shops, restaurants and offices.

this is a great picture of it !
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Sushicam says:

Perfect example of Green Design.

Way cool.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Floeckchen says:

This is really impressive!

Look at the the top building... big enough for a littler soccer field? ;)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Skin.Bintin says:

Wow! What an amazing building!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

vitohuang says:

looks like it used to be a hill in there
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

x92376 says:

lol isnt that namba park? been there once a long time ago :)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Mark JD [deleted] says:

That is so amazing!!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Tobias™ says:

I'm loving it!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Kidsturk says:

This is great - it's interesting to consider how this building integrates modern urban living and green design, but also that this has common themes with the shintoist architectural themes of openness to the environment and integration with nature.
So many rooms opening onto views of gardens where the urban views must be lifted if not occluded completely by trees, bushes and flowers.

Fantastic.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

tbechtx says:

COOL! It reminds me of the Planet of the Apes City. :D
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Ollie.Monk says:

Yeah i saw some designs of this building, didn't actually think it would look like this. Its amazing!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

roeurnt says:

Dude I love it. cool green personal walking spaces, instead of hot dry tar roof tops. This should be the future.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

just sof says:

Man, that looks nice.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Klondike Kid says:

how cool. never seen anything quite like that......
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

fizch says:

They didn't build race sets like that when I was a kid. lol
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Bad Elf says:

uh... Hobbits?
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

tstephens says:

Green Design at it's finest. I want buildings like this everywhere.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Frederick says:

Reminds me of one of those HotWheels playsets i used to have.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

mkhalil says:

GORGEOUS!

great photo!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

D T Denver says:

This reminds me of the Hot Wheels City play set I had when i was a kid.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

AllTheRage2008 says:

Check out who's touring in Osaka.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

kakakheal says:

it an ameazing structure very decent loing and i wish we could have such a building here in pakistan
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

valp.now says:

Amazing!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

ebleir says:

This really makes my eyes go funny... =)
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

Kadirhan says:

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Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

零维 says:

Very cool.
Fooldown
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Fyda says:

Wow, what a neat building. I love all the greenery on it, too, and the "organic"-feeling curves. Nice snap! :)
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

johnobrow says:

Wow it\s like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Or summin.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

too_much says:

wonderful architecture
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

tmphillips says:

great shot!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

**sirop says:

Wonder Land!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Pipe  says:

Great
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

van swearingen says:

Fantastic.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

technoindigo says:

looks like a parkour paradise
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

shelbytwhite says:

Amazing!!!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

brianhbradley says:

Cool shot!!!!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr Fnortner says:

I've been there. Once you're inside, you can't see anything but the landscape. That's why the walls are all curved and bobbing and weaving. Every angle is designed to block the ugly bits, show the trees and plants, and hide the things the architect didn't want you to see, including the driveways, the air conditioners, and the city in the background. Notice how the city can't see you either. It's not eco-friendly or green or anything like that. It's just a giant optical illusion from inside.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

olasisucsd says:

That's some amazing architecture that you captured.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Miomaar says:

Amazing , really .

Maybe I should go to Japan myself oneday.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

okitayf1 says:

interesting
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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