Lecture date: 2009-11-09
‘My Aluminum House was completed in 1971, when I first established my own small office in Tokyo. I would like to look back into my architectural history, comparing it with projects completed 40 years later.’Toyo Ito graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1965 and established his office in 1971. Ito has been redefining the relationship between nature and architecture beyond modernism, in order to re-establish the philosophy of sustainable architecture.
His main works include the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, TOD’S Omotesando Building, Tama Art University Library (Hachioji campus) and Sendai Mediatheque built in 2001.
He has been awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize, Japan Art Academy Prize, Venice Biennnale Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and RIBA Royal Gold Medal. He is currently working on projects in Japan and overseas.
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