Toyo Ito

Hon., FAIA


PROFILE

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 and Associates, Architects

Works

1971 Alminium House, Kanagawa
1974 Cottage in Sengataki,
1975 'Black Recurrence'
1976 House in Nakano, 'White U', Tokyo
House in Kamiwada
1977 Hotel D
1978 PMT Building in Nagoya, Aichi
1979 PMT Building in Hakata, Fukuoka
PMT Factory in Osaka, Osaka
House in Koganei, Tokyo
House in Chuorinkan, Kanagawa
1981 House in Kasama, Ibaragi
1982 House in Umegaoka, Tokyo
1983 House in Hanakoganei, Tokyo
House in Denenchofu, Tokyo
1984 Silver Hut, house of the architect, Tokyo
1985 Project for the exhibition 'Pao as Dwelling of Tokyo Nomad Women'
1986 House in Magomezawa, Chiba
Project for the exhibition 'Furniture for Tokyo Nomad Women'
Restaurant 'Nomad'
Tower of Winds in Yokohama, Yokohama
1987 M Building in Kanda, Tokyo
1988 House in Takagicho, Tokyo
1989 Guest House for Sapporo Beer Brewery, Hokkaido
Restaurant 'Pastina'
I building in Asakusabashi, Tokyo
1990 T building in Nakameguro, Tokyo
Competition project 'La Maison de la Culture de Japon a Paris'
Rejuvenation project for the city of Antwerpen
1991 Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, Kumamoto
Lighting design for Opera House in Frankfurt
Gallery U in Yugawara, Kanagawa
Gate of Okawabata River City 21, 'Egg of Winds', Tokyo
F Building in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo
Hotel P, Hokkaido
1992 Urban design project for Shanghai Luijiazui Central Area
1993 Eckenheim Municipal Kinder Garden, Frankfurt
ITM Building in Matsuyama, Ehime
Amusement Complex H in Tama, Tokyo
Shimosuwa Municipal Museum, Nagano
1994 Aged People's Home in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
Tsukuba South Parking Building, Ibaragi
1995 Fire Station in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
S House in Tateshina

Under-construction

Nagaoka Municipal Culture and Art Hall, Nigata

O-Dome, Akita

Higashinagaya Community Center + Elderly Day Care Center

Under-planning

Taishacho Municipal Cultural Hall, Shimane

Ota-ku Resort Complex

Sendai Mediatheque


Lectures and Conference

1981-83 visiting lecturer at Tokyo Institute of Technology
1982 P3 Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia
1984-87 Visiting lecturer at Waseda University, Tokyo
1988-89 Visiting lecturer at Tokyo University
1989 Fukuoka International Architects' Conference '89, Fukukoka
Nagoya Design Conference, Aichi
1991 Visiting lecturer at Columbia University, New York
1993 Symposium 'Electronic Surface, Liquid Structure' at O museum, Tokyo
Lecture 'A Garden of Microchips' at Kenchiku Kaikan, Tokyo
1994 Lecture ' Architecture that creates the environment' in Alvar Aalto Symposium, Helsinki
Symposium in ARS ELECTRONICA, Linz
1995 Visiting lecturer at AA School, London
Visiting lecture at Rice University
Visiting lecture at Illinois University at Urbana-Champaign
Lecture in Graham Foundation at Chicago
Lecture in Messe AG Hannover
Visiting lecture at Stuttgart Polytechnic
Visiting lecture at Wiesbaden Polytecnic
Visiting lecture at Technische Universitat Berlin
Lecture in MOMA, New York
Visiting lecture at Columbia University, New York
Lecture 'Architecture in the Electronic Age' at Japan Cultural Center, Bangkok

Exhibitions

1978 'The New Wave of Japanese Architecture', New York and other cities in U.S.A.
'Post Metabolism' at AA school, London
1981 'The House as an Image' at Louisiana Museum, USA & Copenhagen, Denmark
Biennale de Paris
1984 'Japan Air', Rotterdam, Netherlands
1985 'TOKYO in Tokyo' with Kohei Sugiura at Laforet Museum, Tokyo
1986 One man exhibition 'Architecture in City of Winds' at Gallery Ma, Tokyo
'Tokyo: Form and Spirit' at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
'Toyo Ito: Architecture per una Citta Argentata' Fiesole, Italy
1987 'Architecture International Series 1987' Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
1989 'The Case Study Houses, MOCA '90', Los Angels, USA
'Institut Francais d'Architecture' Paris, France
'Transfiguration - Europalia '89', Brussels, Belgium
'Salon International de l'architecture', Paris, France
1990 'IN ARCH'. Rome, Italy
1991 'Institut Francais d'Architecture', Paris, France
'Visions of Japan' at Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1992 'Yokohama Urban Ring' at Spril Hall, Tokyo
'Abitale Italia - Good Living Show in Harumi, Tokyo
'Toyo Ito' at Tooricho Gallery, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
1993 'Architecture of the Year '93' at Met Hall, Tokyo
'Electronic Surface, Liquid Structure' at O Museum, Tokyo
1995 'Japan Today '95, The Third Reality' at Luisiana Museum, Copenhagen
'Light Construction' at MOMA, New York
'Today's Japan' at Tronto

Books

1981 Translation of "The Mathematics of the Ideal Villa and Other Essays" by Colin Rowe
1986 "Toyo Ito - Kaze no Henyotai (Transfiguration of Winds)", Kajima Institute

Publishing

1988 "Toyo Ito", Shinkenchiku-sha
1989 "Kaze no Henyotai - Transfiguration of Winds" , Seidosha
1991 "Toyo Ito Architecture Fluctuate", IFA France
"Toyo Ito - Architecture Monograph" by Sophie Roulet and Sophie Soulie, Moniteur
1992 "Architecture in a Simulated City", INAX
Yatsushiro Municipal Museum" photographed by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka, TOTO
1993 "JA Library 2 : Toyo Ito" Shinkenchiku-sha
1995 "El Croquis 71: Toyo Ito", El Croquis Editorial
"Architectural Monographs No.41, Toyo Ito". Academy Editions

Awards and Prizes

1979 First prize of nominated competition for Japan Airline Ticket Counter
1984 3rd Japan Architects Association Award for House of Kasama
1986 Architectural Institute of Japan award for 'Silver Hut'
First prize of nominated competition for the Tower of Yokohama
1987 Japan Interior Designers Association award for 'Nomad' and others
1988 First prize of nominated competition for lighting of Frankfurt Opera House, Germany
First prize of nominated competition for 89 ARTEC Nagoya Biennale Pavilion
1990 Togo Murano award for Sapporo Brewery Guesthouse
1992 33rd Mainichi Art Award for Yatushiro Municipal Museum
1993 BCS award for Yatsushiro Municipal Museum
First prize of nominated competition for Nagaoka Municipal Cultural and Art Hall
First prize of nominated competition for Taishacho Municipal Cultural Hall
1994 First prize of nominated competition for Holiday Village for Ota Ward
1995 First prize of competition for Sendai Mediatheque