Honorary Prize

Biography

1941 Geboren in Seoul Metropolitan City
1965 Promoviert von der Universität Tokio, Fachbereich Architektur
1965-69 Beschäftigt bei Kiyonori Kikutake Architects and Associates
1971 Gründung seines ersten Büros, Urban Robot (URBOT) in Tokio
1979 Namenswechsel zu Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects

Main Works

1971 Aluminium House (Kanagawa, Japan)
1976 “White U” (Tokio, Japan)
1984 Silver Hut - house of the architect (Tokio, Japan)
1986 Tower of Winds (Kanagawa, Japan)
1990 T Building in Nakameguro (Tokio, Japan)
1991 Yatsushiro Municipal Museum (Kumamoto, Japan)
1993 Shimosuwa Municipal Museum (Nagano, Japan)
1994 Old People’s House in Yatsushiro (Kumamoto, Japan)
1995 Yatsushiro Fire Station (Kumamoto, Japan)
1996 Nagaoka Lyric Hall (Niigata, Japan)
1997 Dome in Odate (Akita, Japan)
1999 T Hall in Taisha (Shimane, Japan)
2001 Sendai Mediatheque (Miyagi, Japan)
2002 Brugge Pavilion (Brugge, Belgium)
2002 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 (London, UK)
2004 Matsumoto Performing Arts Centre (Nagano, Japan)
2004 TOD’S Omotesando Building (Tokio, Japan)
2005 Island City Central Park GRIN GRIN (Fukuoka, Japan)
2005 MIKIMOTO Ginza 2 (Tokio, Japan)
2006 Meiso no MoriMunicipal Funeral Hall (Gifu, Japan)
2006 Hospital Cognacq-Jay (Paris, France)
2006 VivoCity (Singapore)
2007 Tama Art University Library (Hachioji campus) (Tokio, Japan)
2008 ZA-KOENJI Public Theatre (Tokio, Japan)
2009 The Main Stadium for the World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung (Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C.)
2009 White O (Marbella, Chile)
2010 Torres Porta Fira (Barcelona, Spain)

Under development

Toyo Ito Architecture Museum in Imabari (tentative title) (Ehime, Japan)
Extension for "The Fair of Barcelona Gran Via Venue" (Barcelona, Spanien)
Relaxation Park in Torrevieja (Torrevieja, Spanien)
Parque de la Gavia (Madrid, Spanien)
Taichung Metropolitan Opera House (Taichung, Taiwan R.O.C.)
National Taiwan University, New College of Social Sciences (Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.)