Toyo Ito

names

Toyo Ito
伊東豊雄

date/location

* June 1, 1941 Seoul

comment

Japanese architect, active in Tokyo.

time line

period	description
1965	education: Tokyo University
from 1971	Eigenes Büro Toyo Ito & Associates.

description

Wikipedia article

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projects

Tama Art University Library
2007
Funeral Hall
2006
Kagamigahara, Japan
Mikimoto Store
2006
Uurwerkersgang
-2005
Groningen, Netherlands
Tod's Omotesandou
2004-05
港区 (Minato-ku), Japan
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002
2002 [wieder abgebaut]
London, Great Britain
Sendai Mediatheque
1995-2001
Sendai, Japan
Wohnhaus in Sakurajosui - Aluminiumhaus
1997-2000
世田谷区 (Setagaya-ku), Japan
Ota-ku Resort Complex
1995-98
Chisagata-gun, Japan
Odate Jukai Dome Park - Hall in Odate
1997
Odate, Japan
Nagaoka Lyric Hall
1994-97
Nigata, Japan
Elderly Housing
1994
Yatsushiro, Japan
Shimosuwa Lake Suwa Museum and Akahiko Memorial Museum
1990-93
Nagano, Japan
Daycare Nursery in Frankfurt-Eckenheim
1987-93
Frankfort (Main), Germany
Library
1992 [project]
Paris, France
Egg of Winds
1991
中央区 (Chūō-ku), Japan
Tower of Winds
1986
Yokohama, Japan
House in Kasama
1980-81
Kasama, Japan
»Silver Hut« - architect's house
F-Building
港区 (Minato-ku), Japan
Toyo Ito
Amsterdam, Netherlands
JVC Hotel
2000, 2003 [project ?]
Guadalajara, Mexico
Oita Agricultural Park
1997
Hayami-gun, Japan

image list

membership

period	name	type
	Bund Deutscher Architekten

awards

year	description	section	level
2006	Gold medal, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

address

Japan
country
Tokyo
prefecture
Tokyo
county (second-order administrative division)
1-19-4 Shibuya Shibuya-ku
street
workvoicetel:+81 3 34095822
phone
work+81 3 34095969
fax

publications

Toyo Ito
T. Ito, C. Jencks, M. Toy
Academy Editions; 1995
Toyo Ito
Sendai Mediatheque
T. Ito, T. Sakamoto, A. Ferre
Actar; 2002
Blurring Architecture
T. Ito
Charta; 2000
Toyo Ito
T. Ito, C. Jencks, I. Schaarschmidt-Richter, I. S. Richter
Ernst & Sohn; 1995
Naoya Hatakeyama & Toyo Ito - Under Construction
T. Ito, N. Hatakeyama
Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha; 2001
Present and Futures
Architecture in Cities
J. Nouvel, N. Foster, T. Ito
Actar; 1997
Bibliothèque nationale de France
in: Dominique Perrault, Architect
T. Ito, M.-R. Norri
Birkhäuser Verlag, Actar; 1999
page 62–131
Discussion: perception of consciousness
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1989,510
H. Hara, T. Ito, T. Fujimori
page 116–121
Shinjuku simulated city
in: Japan Architect (JA), 1991,3
T. Ito
page 50–57
Temporary Noh Theater: Toyo Ito
in: Japan Architect (JA), 11-12/1987,367-368
T. Ito
page 82–84
Atmende Architektur
in: arch+: Textile Architektur, 3/1991,107
T. Ito
page 55–58
Toyo Ito: House in Magomezawa, 1985, and Nomad Pub, Tokyo, 1986
in: Architectural Design, 5-6/1988
T. Ito
page 66–67
Discussion: »Beyond the architecture of metaphor«
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1991,542
T. Ito, K. Taki
page 66–75
Musée municipal, Yatsushiro
in: L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, 1992,279
T. Ito
page 70–73
Silver Hut
in: Japan Architect (JA), 5/1985,337
T. Ito
page 23–30
Toyo Ito [Nomad, the chair as soft furniture, Transparent Pao, a House that floats]
in: Japan Architect (JA), 11-12/1986,355-356
T. Ito
page 56–63
Architecture in a simulated city
in: Oz, 1992
T. Ito
page 49–52
The »Transfiguration« exhibition in Europalia Japan
in: Space design, 2/1990,305
D. Libeskind, S. Takamatsu, T. Ito, A. Boyarsky, N. Coates, H. Fuji, K. Irie, K. Ito, R. Miyake, S. Arakawa, Y. Saito
page 13–44
In search of a context, 1971-
in: Japan Architect (JA), 4/1982,300
T. Ito
page 54–55
Tadao Ando, unbuilt projects [1975-1991- special feature]
in: Space design, 6/1992,333
T. Ando, T. Ito, E. Ambasz, A. Kitagawara, K. Matsuba, Y. Tominaga
page 5–146
Foster tower: Hongkong Bank: A re-evaluation of tall buildings
in: Process: architecture, 1986,70
N. Foster, T. Ito, M. Kawaguchi, D. Nelson, K. Kikutake, F. Hashimoto, T. Ho, M. Isikawa, K. Matsuba, N. Matsuda, G. Phillips, S. Aoki, Y. Aoki, K. Sakurai, C. Seddon, K. Shibata, H. Suzuki, T. Yanagisawa
page 1–203
Architects and engineers dialogue
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1992,544
R. Piano, T. Ito, J. Thornton, K. Kikutake, T. Fitzpatrick, M. Uno
page 27–42
Vom Sinn des Details - 16 Statements
in: Detail: Vom Sinn des Details | The Purpose of Details, 8/2000
K. Ackermann, R. Koolhaas, T. Ando, M. von Gerkan, Á. Siza, K. J. Schattner, T. Ito, K. Sejima, J. Schlaich, mvrdv, G. Perraudin, A. Hunt, C. Ingenhoven, M. Cucinella
page 1426–1438
Toyo Ito
in: Detail: Bauen mit Glas | Glass Construction, 3/1998
T. Ito
page 314–315
Innenraum und Außenraum - Drei Museumsbauten in Japan
in: Detail: Innenräume | Interiors, Finishings, 2/1997
T. Ito, H. Naito, C. Schittich
page 134–136
Architecture in a simulated city: Toyo Ito
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1991,542
T. Ito
page 23–35
Toyo Ito & Associates: Shimosuwa Municipal Museum project, Suwa-hun, Nagano, design: 1990-91; construction: 1991-93
in: GA document, 1992,33
T. Ito
page 54–55
Un abri dans la cité moderne: Toyo Ito
in: Techniques & Architecture, 1986,369
T. Ito
page 76–89
Recent works of Kengo Kuma
in: Space design, 3/1992,330
T. Ito, Y. Iijima, K. Kuma
page 85–100
Toyo Ito [three houses]
in: GA houses, 1986,20
T. Ito
page 30–47
Kazuhiro Ishii
in: Space design, 4/1989,295
T. Ito, K. Echigojima, K. Ishii, K. Kuma
page 5–168
Toyo Ito
in: GA document, 1990,25
T. Ito
page 92–97
Antwerpen
in: arch+: Die Gestaltung der Landschaft, 6/1992,112
T. Ito
page 48–52
Project N
in: Japan Architect (JA), 11-12/1989,391-392
T. Ito
page 54–56
The Egg of Winds
in: Japan Architect (JA), 1991,3
T. Ito
page 126–129
Surface of glass
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1990,528
T. Ito
page 21–41
MAC project, Machida, Tokyo, design: 1987-
in: GA document, 1988,20
T. Ito
page 36–39
Toyo Ito
in: Japan Architect (JA), 6/1988,374
T. Ito
page 8–41
Toyo Ito: guest house for Sapporo Breweries
in: Japan Architect (JA), 11-12/1989,391-392
T. Ito
page 41–48
Toyo Ito & Associates: Yatsushiro Municipal Museum, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, design: 1988-89; construction: 1989-91
in: GA document, 1992,33
T. Ito
page 38–53
The Tower of Winds [Yokohama, Japan]
in: Japan Architect (JA), 5/1987,361
T. Ito
page 12–14
Yatsushiro Municipal Museum
in: Japan Architect (JA), 11-12/1989,391-392
T. Ito
page 49–51
Municipal Kindergarten in Frankfurt
in: Japan Architect (JA), 11-12/1989,391-392
T. Ito
page 52–53
Dialogue: the question of the basic reason why we make architecture
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1989,517
T. Ito, K. Taki
page 82–83
Vortex and current: on architecture as phenomenalism
in: Architectural Design, 9-10/1992
T. Ito
page 22–23
Talk on house I
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1991,535
T. Ito, T. Ohe, Y. Tsukamoto
page 28–35
Special issue I: creative ms change dwelling house, dwelling house in the immediate future
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1992,552
T. Ito, K. Sejima, K. Iimura, K. Kuma, T. Kurosawa, S. Nii, S. Tahara, C. Ueno
page 31–62
Eleven Japanese architects on high-tech architecture
in: Space design, 1/1985,244
Y. Murata, T. Ito, A. Komiyama, T. Konishi, T. Kurokawa, Y. Matsunaga, K. Nakagome, M. Nozawa, K. Oshinomi, K. Takahashi, S. Yoh
page 131–142

reference

Toyo Ito
T. Ito, C. Jencks, M. Toy
Academy Editions; 1995
Toyo Ito - 1970-2001
Y. Futagawa
A.D.A. Edita Tokyo Co Ltd; 2001
Present and Futures
Architecture in Cities
J. Nouvel, N. Foster, T. Ito
Actar; 1997
Toyo Ito
Section 1997
G. Gili
Whitney Library of Design; 1997
Toyo Ito
Works in Progress
A. Maffei
Electa; 2002
Toyo Ito
Le Opere I Progetti Gli Scritti
A. Maffei
Electa; 2002
Blurring Architecture
T. Ito
Charta; 2000
Architekten - Toyo Ito.
U. Stark
IRB Verlag; 2005
- tagesaktuell
2G: Toyo Ito, 1997,2
- ISBN: 082306588 - Duplikat
El Croquis: Toyo Ito 1986/1995, 1995,71
Architecture in a simulated city: Toyo Ito
in: Kenchiku bunka, 1991,542
T. Ito
page 23–35
Le Visage de l'an 2001
in: Connaissance des arts, 1986,417
page 100–115
A new wave of Japanese architecture
in: Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Catalogue, 1978,10
K. Frampton
page 1–102
Japanese architecture
in: Architectural Design, 5-6/1988
F. Maki, B. Bognar, L. Breslin, K. Taki, H. Yatsuka
page 4–80
Toyo Ito: il »nomad« di Tokyo
in: Domus, 1987,686
R. Schneider
page 1–2
Tokyo through the eyes of 12 young architects
in: Japan Architect (JA), 4/1982,300
page 7–9,17-53
Toyo Ito - Blurring Architecture
in: Detail: Brücken | Bridge Construction, 8/1999
F. Kaltenbach
page 1441
Architecture in a simulated city
in: Oz, 1992
T. Ito
page 49–52
Intervista a Toyo Ito | Interview with Toyo Ito
in: L'Arca, 1988,20
G. Smurra
page 1–3
- interview
Toyo Ito talks on his architecture
in: A+U, 10/1983,157
page 112–117
- interview
Toyo Ito
in: Japan Architect (JA), 6/1988,374
T. Ito
page 8–41
Workshop met Toyo Ito: een droompracticum
in: Architect, 2/1986
E. van Hinte
page 20–21
Toyo Ito: l'abstraction lyrique
in: Techniques & Architecture, 1985,360
page 56–69
Two Noh by Toyo Ito
in: The Architectural Review, 1989,1108
G. Vorreiter
page 70–72
Toyo Ito
in: GA document, 1990,25
T. Ito
page 92–97
Toyo Ito [three houses]
in: GA houses, 1986,20
T. Ito
page 30–47
Toyo Ito
in: Architecture intérieure créé, 1990,234
M.-H. Contal, K. Morita
page 134–147
- interview