Takahashi was born in Tokyo and received his graduate degree in architecture from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1978.
[1] In 1985, he joined the faculty at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
In 1988, he and Akiko Takahashi founded the firm Workstation in Yokohama.
[1] The first project that Akiko Takahashi and Hiroshi Takahashi pursued together was the Sakamoto Ryoma Memorial Museum in Kochi.
[2] Other works that Workstation has completed include the Nakamachidai Community Center in Yokohama, the Sakuraza Town Hall[3] in Sakawa, and the Playground & Rest House[4] at the Nogeyama Zoo.