Fumihiko Maki

Fumihiko Maki (Jap.槇 文彦, Fumihiko Maki, born September 6, 1928 in the prefecture of Tokyo) is a Japanese architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize (1993 ) and the Praemium Imperiale (1999).

Maki studied until 1952 at the University of Tokyo and later at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He worked for the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in New York City. In 1956, he was for some years a professor at Harvard University. In 1965 he returned to Japan and started his own business.

In the years 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 the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. 1997 Maki was awarded German Architects BDA honorary membership in the covenant.

Works (selection)

  • Memorial Hall Auditorium at the University of Nagoya (1960, Nagoya )
  • Own house (1978, Tokyo)
  • Makuhari Messe (1989, Chiba )
  • Shonan Fujisawa Campus of Keio University (1990, Fujisawa )
  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (1993, San Francisco)
  • Office park Isar (1994, Munich)
  • Global Gate Ensemble (2000-2006, Dusseldorf )
  • Office building Solitaire (2001, Dusseldorf )
  • Office building of the station TV Asahi (2003, Tokyo)
  • Four World Trade Center, New Building at Ground Zero in New York City (2008-2013)
  • Gate of Taipei, Taiwan (2009-2013)
  • RE museum in Limburg an der Lahn, ( planned completion 2013)
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