Toyo Ito

By: Mary Pigao

Toyo Ito

Japanese urban architect Know for his abstract designs Born on Japan in 1941 In 1965 graduated from Tokyo University, Department of Architecture In 1971 open his own studio in Tokyo Urban Robot (Urbot) In 1979 changed the name to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Ideas

Recruits a younger generation of architects. Defines architecture as the dress for individuals of urban life. This theme evolves around the public and private life of an individual. Current projects based on the works of the post modern periods. Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects seeks to captivate the philosophy of borderless beings.

Sendai Mediatheque

Built in 2001 Structured by tubes and plates. Each floor designed by a different designer. Multi-purpose building includes:
Library Cafe Gallery Cinema Exhibition space

Tower of Winds

In the 60s it was a concrete water tower Stewart Brand Low road & high road building Using acrylic mirrors around the tower, lights inserted between surface and aluminum panels. Computer control to man-made and natural forces: noises, wind, and seasons. In 1987 earned the Edwin Guth Memorial Award of Excellence from America's Illumination Engineering Society

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Other Projects
Designed over 38 buildings and counting

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Serpentine Gallery Pavillion 02 TOD's Omotesando Building 04
U. of California, Berkley Museum & Film Center

White U 76

Books

Sendai Mediatheque Toyo Ito: Blurring Architecture Toyo Ito: Works, Projects, Writings

Citations

Toyo Ito. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 6 January 2008. 18 January 2008. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyo_Ito>. Toyo Ito. Design Boom. 27 October 2001. 18 January 2008. <http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/ito.html>. Books. Google: Book Search. 18 January 2008. <http://books.google.com/books?client=safari&rls=en&q=Toyo+I to&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wp>. Festhalle, Messe Frankfurt. The Design Annual: Inside Urban. 2006. 20 January 2008 http://www.thedesignannual.de/srv.tda?show=press imge people&theme=urban&lang=de&cnt=1 Toyo Ito. Google Images. 18 January 2008. <http://images.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&r ls=en&q=toyo+ito&btnG=Search+Images>. Ito, Toyo. Sendai Mediatheque. Barcelona: Actar, 2003.

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