Masako Hayashi
Masako Hayashi was a Japanese architect. She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.
Masako Hayashi
- Born
- 1928 · Hokkaidō.
- Died
- 2001
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Japan Women's University
- Languages
- Japanese
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Hayashi primarily designed residential housing for limited space environments, using innovative building materials, space utilization and clean design. In 1958, Hayashi co-founded the Hayashi, Yamada, Nakahara Architectural Design Coterie with Hatsue Yamada and Nobuko Nakahara. She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.
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Masako Hayashi (1928 – 2001) is described as an architect in the authority records of the Getty Union List of Artist Names. The birth of Masako Hayashi is recorded in 1928, and the death in 2001.
Personal life
Personal life
She was married to architect Shoji Hayashi.
Notable works
Notable works
• Umi no gyararī (Gallery of the Sea), Tosashimizu, Kōchi, Japan
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1928
Masako Hayashi born at Hokkaidō.
2001
Masako Hayashi died.
Notable awards
• American Institute of Architects Honorary Fellowship • Architectural Institute of Japan Award
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- 1.ARVHA. Women in Architecture. India.
- 2.Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. An Interview with Nobuko Nakahara and Hatsue Yamada. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Fall 2007.
- 3.Takeshi Nakasa. Takeshi Nakasa with leading figures #2. Nacasa & Partners Inc.
- 4.Simon Richmond. The Rough Guide to Japan. Penguin. 630. 1 February 2011. 978-1-4053-8245-8.
- 5.Umi no gyararī at the website of Tosashimizu, retrieved 10 June 2019.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- House design in today's Japan. Tokyo: Shokokusha, 1969.
- with Kiyoshi Kawasaki. Modern Architects's Collected Works 22 Masako Hayashi, Kiyoshi Kawasaki. Japan: San-Ichi Shobo, 1975.
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