Kazuyo Sejima

Japanese architect (1956-)
In this Japanese name, the family name is Sejima.

Kazuyo Sejima (妹島 和世, born 1956) is a Japanese architect and university professor at Tama Art University and Keio University in Tokyo. Sejima won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2010.[1]

Kazuyo Sejima
Born1956 (age 67–68)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materJapan Women's University
OccupationArchitect
AwardsSchelling Architekturpreis 2000
Rolf Schock Prize 2005
Pritzker Prize 2010

Career

Sejima worked in the design office of Toyo Ito.

In 1987, she started her own company, Kazuyo Sejima and Associates in 1987.

In 1995, she started a partnership with Ryūe Nishizawa in Tokyo.[1] It was called SANAA.[2]

In 2005-2008, she was a visiting professor at the School of Architecture at Princeton University, in Princeton, New Jersey.

In 2010, Sejima became Director of the Architecture Sector for the Venice Biennale. She organized the 12th Annual International Architecture Exhibition. She is the first woman to be in that position.

Projects

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NameCityState/CountryCompletedOther InformationImage
Platform I[3]KatsuraChiba, Japan1988
Platform II[4]KitagomaYamanashi, Japan1990
Castelbajac Sports Store[5]Kanagawa, Japan1991
Saishunkan Seiyaku Women's Dormitory[6]KumamotoKumamoto, Japan1991
Pachinko Parlor I[7]HitachiIbaraki, Japan1993
Pachinko Parlor II[8]NakaIbaraki, Japan1993
Police Box at Chofu Station[9]Tokyo, Japan1994
Villa in the Forest[10]ChinoNagano, Japan1994
Gifu Kitagata Apartment Building[11]GifuGifu, Japan1998
U-Office Building[12]UshikuIbaraki, Japan1998
HHStyle.com Store[13]Tokyo, Japan2000
Asahi Shimbun Yamagata Office Building,[14]Yamagata, Japan2003
House in a Plum Grove,[15]Tokyo, Japan2003
Onishi Civic Center,[16]OnishiGunma, Japan2005
De Kunstlinie Theater and Cultural Center,[17]AlmereNetherlands2007

Unbuilt

  • Platform III House, Tokyo, Japan, 1990
  • Nasumoahara Harmony Hall,[18] Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, 1991
  • Service Center at the Tokyo Expo 96,[19] Tokyo, Japan, 1995
  • Yokohama International Port Terminal,[20] Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, 1994

Honors

  • Venice Biennale Golden Lion, 2004.[1]
  • Pritzker Prize, 2010.[1]
  • Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal, 2019[21]

References

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