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Fumihiko Maki

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Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
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Occupation: Architect
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About Fumihiko Maki

Fumihiko Maki - 槇 文彦 (born September 6, 1928 in Tokyo) is a Japanese architect who teaches at Keio University SFC. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west, and the Wolf Prize for Architecture in 1988.

Education

After studying at the University of Tokyo, graduating in 1952, he moved to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, graduating with a master's degree in 1953. He then studied at Harvard Graduate School of Design, graduating with a Master of Architecture degree in 1954.

Works[edit]

  • Spiral Building in Tokyo, 1985
  • Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006
  • Steinberg Hall at Washington University (1960s in St. Louis)
  • Hillside Terrace (1969– in Tokyo)
  • work at Expo '70, with Kenzo Tange and others (1970, Osaka)
  • St. Mary's International School (1971 In Tokyo.)
  • Osaka Prefectural Sports Center (1972, Takaishi, Osaka)
  • Spiral (1985, Tokyo)
  • Makuhari Messe (1989, Chiba)
  • Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (1990, Kanagawa)
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (1991 in Sendagaya, Tokyo)
  • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (1993 in San Francisco)
  • Ensemble Global Gate (2000–2006 in Düsseldorf)
  • Office Building Solitaire (2001 in Düsseldorf)
  • TV Asahi (2003 In Tokyo.)
  • Republic Polytechnic (2006 in Singapore)
  • Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and Walker Hall at Washington University (2006 in St. Louis)
  • Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat (2008 in Ottawa)
  • Building Square 3 at Novartis Campus (2009 in Basel, Switzerland)
  • Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania (2009 in Philadelphia)
  • MIT Media Lab Extension at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) [3]
  • 51 Astor Place (2013 in Manhattan, New York)
  • Tower 4 (150 Greenwich Street) of the new World Trade Center (2013 in Manhattan)
  • Aga Khan Museum (2014 in Toronto)
  • Skyline @ Orchard Boulevard (2015 in Singapore)
  • United Nations new building in New York City
  • Taipei Main Station of Taoyuan International Airport Access MRT System in Taipei
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Fumihiko Maki's Timeline

1928
September 6, 1928
Tokyo, Japan