Contributing Editor Naomi Pollock, FAIA, is the author of Japanese Design Since 1945: A Complete Sourcebook and the editor of NUNO: Visionary Japanese Textiles.
Although based in Tokyo, the celebrated architect—winner of the 1993 Pritzker Prize and the 2011 AIA Gold Medal—kept close ties to the U.S., where he was educated and had launched his career.
Strategic interventions, such as a sculptural steel stair and double-height corridor, transform the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's disjointed Flaxman Library into a cohesive learning hub.
The Japanese architect speaks to RECORD about the importance of community as a social construct and as the driving force of his architectural design over five decades of practice.
Long, linear, and devoid of visual boundaries, the enchanting floating arts center is one of multiple commissions by the Japanese architect in the Bailuwan development.
Located outside of Hiroshima, the seaside project highlights the Pritzker Prize–winning Japanese architect’s novel use of existing technologies and materials.