Toyo Ito
1941 Born in Japan
1965 Graduated University of Tokyo, Department of Architecture
1965–1969 Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates
1971 Started his own studio, Urban Robot (URBOT) in Tokyo
1979 Changed its name to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
| Awards
and Prizes |
| 1986 |
Architecture Institute
of Japan Prize |
| 1992 |
33rd Mainichi Art Award for Yatsushiro
Municipal Museum |
| 1997 |
AA “INTERACH ’97” Grand
Prix of the Union of Architects in Bulgaria, Gold Medal |
| 1998 |
Education Minister’s Art Encouragement
Prize in Japan |
| 1999 |
Japan Minister’s Art Academy
Prizes in Japan |
| 2000 |
The Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize
in Architecture from American Academy of Arts and LettersAccorded
the Title“Academician” from the International
Academy of Architecture (IAA) |
| 2001 |
Good Design Awards 2001 Grand Prize
for “Sendai Mediatheque”
from Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization |
| 2002 |
World Architecture Awards 2002, Best
Building in East Asia for “Sendai Mediatheque” Golden
Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the 8th International
Architecture, Exhibition NEXT, la Biennale di Venezia |
| 2003 |
Architecture Institute of Japan Prize |
Publications
Kaze no Henyotai (Transfiguration of Winds), Seidosha (1989)
Monograph Toyo Ito, Editions du Moniteur, France (1991)
Architectural Monographs No. 41 Toyo Ito, Academy Editions, UK (1995)
El Croquis 71: Toyo Ito, El Croquis Editorial, Spain (1995)
2G Monograph Toyo Ito, GG: Editorial Gustavo Gili, sa, Spain (1997)
Toyo Ito – Blurring Architecture, Edizioni Charta, Italy
(1999)
Toso suru Kenchiku (Blurring Architecture), Seidosha (2000)
GA Architect 17 Toyo Ito 1970–2001, A.D.A. EDITA Tokyo
(2001)
Monograph “Toyo Ito”, Electa architecture, Italy
(2001)
El Croquis 123, Toyo Ito 2001 2005,
El Croquis Editorial, Spain (2005)
Staff List
Toyo Ito
Yoko Izumi
Takeo Higashi
Toyohiko Kobayashi
Wataru Fujie
Leo Yokota
Hideyuki Nakayama
Akio Takatsuka
Hirokazu Suemitsu
Takayuki Miyoshi
Takuji Aoshima
Zai Shirakawa
Hiroyuki Shinozaki
Yasuaki Mizunuma
Takahiro Akiyama
Yoshitaka Ihara
Rie Kigami
Maya Nishikiori
Takayasu Hirayama
Rintaro Yabe
Florian Busch
Junji Oga
Kenta Sano
Ryu Mitarai
Dan Watanabe
Michiko Okano
Hikaru Tanabe
Chiharu Moriyama
Kentaro Maeda
Mayumi Sakuramoto
Yukiko Omiya
Miki Uono
Emiko Ukai
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