Nara Centennial Hall, designed by Arata Isozaki and opened in 1998 to mark the city’s 100th anniversary, features a great roof inspired by Todai-ji’s Great Buddha Hall. By 2023 the grounds had deteriorated, so at the Mayor’s request we designed a lawn-based landscape renovation to make the site a park for residents over the next 25 years. The first phase, the Lawn Plaza, was completed in October 2025.