1978, Iwasaki Art Museum, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, JAPAN
1981, Keio University Library, Mita Campus, Tokyo, JAPAN
1984, Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium, Kanagawa, JAPAN
1985, Spiral, Tokyo, JAPAN
1986, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, JAPAN
1989, Toyama Shimin Plaza, Toyama, JAPAN
1989, TEPIA, Tokyo, JAPAN
1989, Makuhari Messe I, Chiba, JAPAN
1990, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, JAPAN
1992, Hillside Terrace Complex, Tokyo, JAPAN
1993, YKK R&D Center, Tokyo, JAPAN
1993, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, California, USA
1994, Kirishima International Concert Hall, Kagoshima, JAPAN
1994, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), Kanagawa, JAPAN •
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Fumihiko Maki (槇文彦, Maki Fumihiko) (born Tokyo, September 6, 1928) is a Japanese architect and currently teaching at Keio University SFC. After studying at the University of Tokyo he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and then to Harvard Graduate School of Design. In 1956, he took a post as assistant professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also was awarded his first commission: the design of Steinberg Hall (an art center) on the university's Danforth Campus. This building remained his only completed work in the United States until 2006, when he finished the new home for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Walker Hall (both also at Washington University).
He worked for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in New York and for Sert Jackson and Associates in Cambridge and founded Maki and Associates in 1965. In 1960 he returned to Japan to help establish the Metabolism Group. He often uses metal and glass materials.
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Fumihiko Maki
Japanese architect (1928–2024)
Fumihiko Maki (槇 文彦, Maki Fumihiko, 6 September 1928 – 6 June 2024) was a Japanese architect. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west.[1] Maki died on 6 June 2024, at the age of 95.[2]
Early life
Maki was born in Tokyo. After studying at the University of Tokyo and graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1952,[3] he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, graduating with a master's degree in 1953. He then studied at Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating with a Master of Architecture degree in 1954.
Career
In 1956, he took a post as assistant professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also was awarded his first commission: the design of Steinberg Hall (an art center) on the university's Danforth Campus. This building remained his only completed work in the United States until 1993, when he comp