Fumihiko Maki
Fumihiko Maki ( Japanese 槇 文彦 , Maki Fumihiko ; born September 6, 1928 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese architect .
Life
Maki studied at the University of Tokyo until 1952 , later at the Harvard Graduate School of Design . He worked for the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architectural firm in New York City . In 1956 he became a professor at Harvard University for several years . In 1965 he returned to Japan and started his own business.
From 1979 to 1989 Maki was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Tokyo .
In 1993 he received the Pritzker Prize for his work at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium . In 1997 Maki was awarded honorary membership in the Association of German Architects BDA . He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1996) and the American Academy of Arts and Letters (since 2010).
Works (selection)
- Memorial Hall Auditorium of Nagoya University (1960, Nagoya )
- Own House (1978, Tokyo)
- Makuhari Fair (1989, Chiba )
- Shonan Fujisawa Campus of Keiō University (1990, Fujisawa )
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (1993, San Francisco )
- Office Park Isar (1994, near Munich )
- Ensemble Global Gate (2000–2006, Düsseldorf )
- Office building Solitaire (2001, Düsseldorf)
- Office building of TV Asahi (2003, Tokyo)
- Four World Trade Center , new building at Ground Zero in New York City (2008-2013)
- Gate of Taipei , Taipei, Taiwan (2009-2013)
- Museum Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden (planned completion 2022)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Build like in Toronto and Tokyo . Frankfurter Rundschau, September 15, 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Fumihiko Maki in the catalog of the German National Library
- Maki and Associates - official website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maki, Fumihiko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 槇 文彦 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |