Ryue Nishizawa

Ryue Nishizawa (西沢 立衛, Nishizawa Ryūe, born 1966 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Yokohama National University, and is director of his own firm, Office of Ryue Nishizawa, established in 1997. In 1995, he co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) with the architect Kazuyo Sejima. In 2010, he became the youngest recipient ever of the Pritzker Prize, together with Sejima.[1]

Ryue Nishizawa
Born1966 (age 5657)
NationalityJapanese
Alma materYokohama National University
OccupationArchitect
AwardsRolf Schock Prizes in Vsual Arts (2005)
Pritzker Prize (2010)

Projects

  • Weekend House - 1997 to 1998 - Gunma, Japan
  • Takeo Head Office Store - 1999 to 2000 - Tokyo, Japan
  • House at Kamakura - 1999 to 2001 - Kanagawa, Japan
  • Apartment Building at Ichikawa - 2001 to Present - Chiba, Japan
  • Eda Apartment Building - 2002 to Present - Kanagawa, Japan
  • Funabashi Apartment Building - 2002 to 2004 - Chiba, Japan
  • Moriyama House - 2002 to 2005 - Tokyo, Japan
  • Love Planet Museum - 2003 - Okayama, Japan
  • Video Pavilion - 2003 to Present - Kagawa, Japan
  • House in China - 2003 to Present - Tianjin, China
  • Office Building, Benesse Art Site Naoshima - 2004 - Kagawa, Japan
  • 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art - 2004 - Kanazawa, Japan
  • A House - 2004 to 2007 - Tokyo, Japan
  • Honmura Lounge & Archive - 2005 to Present - Kagawa, Japan
  • The New Museum - New York, United States
  • Towada Art Center - 2008 - Aomori, Japan
  • Teshima Art Museum - 2010 - Kagawa, Japan
  • Hiroshi Senju Museum - 2011 - Karuizawa, Japan
  • Garden and House - 2013 - Tokyo, Japan

Exhibitions

Notes

  1. Pritzker Prize 2010 Media Kit, retrieved 29 March 2010

Further reading

  • Gallery MA (2003). Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA Works 1995–2003. Toto Shuppan. ISBN 978-4-88706-224-5


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