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About Toyo Ito :
Toyo Ito (伊東豊雄, Itō Toyo'o; 1941-) is considered "one of the world's most innovative and influential architects" (Designboom).
Ito is known for creating extreme conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to melt the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses issues of the contemporary notion of a 'simulated' city.
Ito was born in Seoul, South Korea (at the time, Japan had colonized the country). Ito graduated from Tokyo University's, Department of Architecture in 1965. After working for Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associate from 1965 to 1969, he started his own studio, 'Urban Robot' (urbot) in 1971, in Tokyo. In 1979, the studio changed its name to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects. Throughout his early career Toyo Ito constructed numerous private housing projects that revealed the hidden layer of urban life in Japan. His most remarkable early conceptual contributions were made through the projects of this scale. See White U in 1976 and Silver Hut in 1984.
With the 'Pao for the Tokyo Nomad Girl' Project's in 1985 Toyo Ito developed a vision of a life of an Urban Nomad, illustrious to the human life involved in the bubble economy of Japan.
Tower of winds in Yokohama in 1986 and Egg of winds in 1991 are interactive landmarks in the public space as the result of creative confrontation with the technical possibilities which the future will bring.
Toyo Ito is known in Japan to raise a talented younger generation of architects. Architects who worked for his office include, Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA), Klein Dytham, and Katsuya Fukushima.
Honorary Fellowship of AIA
Member of JIA
Guest professor of Columbia University, New York 1991
Honorary Professor of University of North London
1941 Born in Japan
1965 Graduated Tokyo University, department of architecture
1965-69 Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates
1971 Started his own studio, Urban Robot (URBOT) in Tokyo
1979 Changed its name as Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
Awards and Prizes
Toyo Ito has won many awards including:
* the Architecture Institute of Japan Award for Silver Hut in 1986
* the 33rd Mainichi Art Award for Yatsushiro Municipal Museum in 1992
* the IAA 'interach ‘97' Grand Prix of the Union of Architects in Bulgaria Gold Medal in 1997
* the Education Minister’s Art Encouragement Prize in Japan in 1998,
* the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2000
* the gold prize of the Japanese Good Design Award in 2001
* the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2005
* the Frederick Kiesler Award for Architecture and the Arts 2008
