Ryue Nishizawa
Ryue Nishizawa was born 1966 in Kanagawa Prefecture is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. A graduate of Yokohama National University, he established his own firm, Office of Ryue Nishizawa, in 1997. In 1995, he co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) with architect Kazuyo Sejima.
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Ryue Nishizawa
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- Name
- Ryue Nishizawa
- Born
- 1966
- Birthplace
- Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
- Education
- Yokohama National University
- Awards
- Rolf Schock Prizes in Visual Arts (2005) Pritzker Prize (2010) RIBA Royal Gold Medal (2025)
- Nationality
- Japan
- Occupation
- architect
- Honours
- Pritzker Architecture Prize · Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts · Berliner Kunstpreis · Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent
- Languages
- Japanese
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Ryue Nishizawa was born 1966 in Kanagawa Prefecture is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. A graduate of Yokohama National University, he established his own firm, Office of Ryue Nishizawa, in 1997. In 1995, he co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) with architect Kazuyo Sejima.
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In 2010, he became the youngest recipient ever of the Pritzker Prize, together with Sejima.
Ryue Nishizawa studied at Yokohama National University and Tokyo Metropolitan Fuchu High School. The recorded working language is Japanese. Employment is recorded with Yokohama National University. Work by Ryue Nishizawa is recorded in the collections of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Pritzker Architecture Prize, Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts, Berliner Kunstpreis and Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent.
Teshima Museum on Teshima island, Japan by Ryue Nishizawa and Rei Naito
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Key facts
• Name — Ryue Nishizawa • Native Name — 西沢 立衛 • Born — 1966 • Birthplace — Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan • Education — Yokohama National University • Awards — Rolf Schock Prizes in Visual Arts (2005) Pritzker Prize (2010) RIBA Royal Gold Medal (2025)
Projects
Projects
• Ogasawara Museum, Nagado, Japan • 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
Exhibitions
• Some Ideas on Living in London and Tokyo by Stephen Taylor and Ryue Nishizawa, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (2008) • Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2008) • Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa SANAA, Towada Art Center, Towada Aomori (2014) • Conceptions of Space: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Architecture, MoMA, New York (2014) • Japan Architects 1945-2010, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2014-2015) • A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond, MoMA, New York (2016)
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