Sou Fujimoto

One of today’s best-known Japanese architects, Sou Fujimoto (1971) graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo in 1994. The majority of his work (initially projects for small spaces) is located in Japan, where he founded Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2000. He gained recognition some years later, when he won the Architectural Review award for emerging architecture 3 years in a row. Fujimoto lectures at the Universities of Tokyo, Kyoto and Minato (Keio University). Growing up on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, from childhood he explored the mountains and forests of Hokkaido island which engendered his interest in the natural world from an early age. His lecture at the Architectural League of New York (2014) entitled “Between Nature and Architecture” defined the fundamental principles of his theoretical reflections. Inspired by organic and natural structures such as forests and ....

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