Biography
Born in Hokkaido in 1971, Sou Fujimoto graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994, and established his own office, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in 2000.
Sou Fujimoto Architects’ Website: www.sou-fujimoto.net
Biography
Born in Hokkaido in 1971, Sou Fujimoto graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994, and established his own office, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in 2000.
Widely acknowledged as one of the most important architects coming to prominence worldwide, Sou Fujimoto is the leading light of an exciting generation of architects who are re-inventing our relationship with the built environment. Inspired by organic structures, such as the forest, the nest and the cave, Fujimoto’s signature buildings inhabit a space between nature and artificiality. Fujimoto has completed the majority of his buildings in Japan, with commissions ranging from the domestic, such as Final Wooden House (2008), House N (2008) and House NA (2011), to the institutional, such as the Musashino Art Museum and Library at Musashino Art University (2010).
In 2012, the Japan Pavilion he participated in was awarded the Golden Lion for the Best National Participation at the Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition. Fujimoto was the youngest architect to design the temporary Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Hyde Park, London in 2013. Among other honours, Fujimoto has also received the AR Awards 2006 Grand Prize for the Children’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, and the first prizes in the Taiwan Tower International Competition and the Beton Hala Waterfront Center in 2011.
His publications include Towards A Non-intentional Space – About Sou Fujimoto’s Architectural Design for Mirrored Gardens (Essay by Hu Fang, Koenig Books and The Pavilion, Beijing, 2016), The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 Official Catalogue, Sou Fujimoto Sketchbook (Lars Müller Publishers, 2012), Sou Fujimoto Futurospektive Architektur (Kunstalle Bielefeld, 2012), El Croquis 151: Sou Fujimoto 2003-2010 (El Croquis, 2010), Sou Fujimoto: Musashino Art University Museum & Library (Inax, 2010), 2G 50 Sou Fujimoto International Architecture Review (Editorial Gustavo Gili, SL, 2009), and Primitive Future (Inax, 2008).
Sou Fujimoto Architects’ Website: www.sou-fujimoto.net
