Takaharu Tezuka

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• Name — Takaharu Tezuka • Born — 23 February 1964 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Practice — Tezuka Architects • Awards — Japan Institute of Architects Prize (2002 & 2009) Yoshioka Prize (2002) Architectural Institution of Japan Prize (2008) Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2017)

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1964, Takaharu Tezuka studied architecture at Musashi Institute of Technology and at the University of Pennsylvania. He then went to London where he spent four years with the Richard Rogers Partnership. In 1994, together with his wife, Yui Tezuka, he established Tezuka Architects in Tokyo. The couple's work emphasizes human activity and connectivity as can be seen in their schools, office buildings and hospitals.

• 1964 Born in Tokyo • 1987 B.Arch., Musashi Institute of Technology • 1990 M.Arch., University of Pennsylvania • 1990–1994 Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd. • 1994 Established, Tezuka Architects • 1996–2003 Assistant Professor, Musashi Institute of Technology • 2005, 06 Visiting Professor, Salzburg Summer Academy • 2006 Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley • 2009– Professor, Tokyo City University

• 1996 – Soejima Hospital • 1999 – Wood Deck House • 2000 – Megaphone House • 2000 – Kawagoe Music Apartment • 2001 – Roof House • 2001 – Balcony House • 2001 – Wall-less House • 2002 – Saw Roof House • 2003 – Matsunoyama Natural Science Museum • 2003 – Engawa House • 2003 – TOYOTA L&F HIROSHIMA • 2003 – House to catch the sky III • 2005 – Visionary Arts, Tokyo • 2005 – Floating Roof House • 2006 – Eaves House • 2006 – Sandou house • 2006 – Observatory Room House • 2006 – My Own Sky House • 2007 – Cloister House • 2007 – Fuji Kindergarten • 2007 -House to Catch the Sunlight • 2007 – Kanjoin Kannondo • 2007 – Kumejima Eef Beach Hotel • 2007 – House to Catch the Hill • 2007 – Wilful Townhouse • 2007 – House to Catch the Sea • 2007 – GRV • 2007 – Temple to catch the forest • 2009 – Woods of Net • 2009 – Pitched Roof House • 2009 – Drawer House • 2009 – Umbrella House • 2010 – House of Ship • 2010 – Snail House • 2011 – Step House in a Shopping Street • 2011 – Ring Around a Tree • 2011 – OG Giken Tokyo branch • 2012 – OG Giken Kyushu branch • 2012 – House to Catch the Mountain • 2012 – Deck House • 2012 – Asahi Kindergarten • 2012 – Yamamotochou Fuji Kindergarten • 2013 – Child Chemo House • 2013 – Chigasaki Zion Christian Church/Mihato Kindergarten

Fuji Kindergarten in Japan, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka, emphasizing the idea that children do not need to be forced to learn but naturally cannot stop. The kindergarten is an open-air kindergarten, designed to encourage and facilitate social interaction between students as well as discovery-style learning. Students are encouraged to design their own learning environment through the use of crates to separate classrooms, trees are left to grow within the structure of the kindergarten that students are able to climb, and additional structures within the kindergarten allow for exploration for students to delve into and discover in a collaborative manner.

• Japan-Poland: New Architecture / 1994–2004 • Venice Biennale / 2004 • Aichi Expo, Japan /2005 • Gallery Ma, Japan / 2006 • London Biennale /2006 • Inax Gallery, Tokyo /2007 • Deutsches Architektur Museum Exhibition, Frankfurt /2009 • Contemplating The Void: Interventions In The Guggenneim Museum, New York/ 2010 • JapanLisztRaiding, Austria/2010 • Carnegie International 2013

• Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2006. • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 2. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2009. • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 3. Tokyo: TOTO Publishing, 2015. • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. Takaharu + Yui Tezuka NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT. Edited by Paul Andreas and Peter Cachola Schmal. JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2009 • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. ROOFLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008. • Tezuka, Takaharu, and Yui Tezuka. FLOORLESS ARCHITECTURE / Summer Academy Salzburg. Edited by Miyako Nairz. Salzburg: Huttegger, 2008. • Tezuka Architects – The Yellow Book, JOVIS Verlag Berlin 2016,