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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Masako Hayashi was a Japanese architect. She was the first woman to win the Architectural Institute of Japan Award.
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Masako Hayashi (1928–2001) was a Japanese and Japanese architect. The architect was born in Hokkaidō. Masako Hayashi studied at Japan Women's University. Languages used include 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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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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