Toyo Ito
1941 Born in Keijo (Currently Seoul)
1965 Graduated from Department of
Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1965-69 Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architects
1971 Established Urban Robot (URBOT)
1979 Change the name of office into Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Currently Honorary fellowship of AIA and RIBA, commissioner of Kumamoto Artpolis

Tetsuya Shibayama
1953 Born in Kanagawa Prefecture
1977 Graduated from Faculty of Engineering, Chiba University
Worked at Taisei Corporation
Currently Managing Group Leader, Design Division, Taisei Corporation, lecturer at Keio University