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Toyo Ito

Toyo Ito

Tokyo-based architect Toyo Ito founded the studio Urban Robot, now Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, in 1971. His many projects include Sendai Mediatheque, Sendai, Japan; Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002, London; Tama Art University Library, Hachioji, Japan; “Minna no Mori” Gifu Media Cosmos, Gifu, Japan; and National Taichung Theater, Taichung, Taiwan. Ito is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2013). In 2011, he established a private architectural school, Ito Juku, which focuses on the future of cities and architecture. Photo: Mitsumasa Fujitsuka