My Favorite Architect
My post for today is about my favorite architect today. My favorite architect is Kasujo Sejima, she was born in Ibaraki, Japan, in 1956, her mother was a housewife and her father an industrial engineer. In 1981 she graduated as an architect from Japan Women's University, her first work experience was as a scholarship from architect Toyo Ito, with whom she worked until 1987, when she established her own work space, Kazuyo Sejima and Associates. In 1992 she was named Young Japanese Architect of the Year by the Institute of Architects of Japan. In 1995, together with Ryue Nishizawa, who was her collaborator, she founded the Tokyo-based joint office Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates, SANAA. She has received numerous distinctions such as the Art of Education Award from the Tokyo Ministry of Education and the Japan Architecture Award in 2006; the StellaRe Award in Turin, the Erna Hamburger Award in Switzerland and the Official title of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2009; among oth...
