Toyō Itō

Toyo Ito
Architect
Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄, Itō Toyoo?, born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called "one of the world's most innovative and influential architects."[1]

In 2013, Ito was awarded the Pritzker Prize, one of architecture's most prestigious prizes.[2] He was a likely front-runner for the Pritzker Prize for the previous 10 years. A recent trend has seen less experienced and well-known winners, for example Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012, and the award to Toyo Ito is seen as recognition of a lifetime's achievement in architecture.[3]

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects / www

List of works

1976 – The U House (house for his sister)
1984 – Silver Hut (Ito's own house, adjacent to White U)
1986 – Tower of Winds, Yokohama
1991 – Yatsushiro Municipal Museum
1994 – Old People's Home in Yatsushiro
2001 – Sendai Mediatheque: a multi-function complex accommodating a mixed programme of library, art gallery, audio-visual library, film studio and café. It was a competition winning scheme chosen in 1995 from amongst 235 competing proposals.[13] Widely recognised as one of Ito's seminal works.
2002 – Temporary Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, in Kensington Gardens, London
2002 – Bruges pavilion
2004 – Matsumoto Performing Art Center, Matsumoto
2004 – Tod's Omotesandō Building, Tokyo
2006 – First Prize "Taichung Opera International Competition" in Taiwan
2006 – Meiso no Mori Municipal Funeral Hall Kakamigahara-shi, Gifu, Japan
2006 – VivoCity Singapore at HarbourFront
2007 – Library of Tama Art University, Tokyo
2008 – World Games Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2008 – Villa for Chilean architectural project Ochoalcubo.
2008 – Huge Wine Glass in Pescara
2009 – Suites Avenue Building, Barcelona, Spain
2009 – Torre Realia BCN and Hotel Porta Fira, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
2011 – Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, Imabari-shi, Ehime, Japan
2011 – Ken Iwata Mother and Child Museum, Imabari, Ehime, Japan