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Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄, Itō Toyō, born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture that addresses the contemporary notion of a "simulated" city, and has been called "one of the world's ...
Toyo Ito: Yoyogi Hachiman neighborhood: Yoyogi 5-1-2: 16 July 2021: Mushrooms from a nearby forest [12] 7: Shigeru Ban: Haru no ogawa community park: Yoyogi 5-68-1: 5 August 2020 "blue and green walls to complement the surrounding trees" [12] 8: Shigeru Ban: Yoyogi Fukamachi Park: Tomigaya 1-54-1: 5 August 2020: Transparent walls that become ...
In World War II, it also made weapons shells and aircraft parts for the Luftwaffe. [1] It is now infamous as the largest of 12 companies that designed and built crematorium ovens for concentration and extermination camps during the Holocaust, planned and carried out by the Nazi regime from 1935 to 1945.
A particular public crematorium in Yokohama charged ¥12 000 for residents and ¥50 000 for visitors in 2016. [20] A shortage in crematoria as Japan's population ages means that families can wait up to 4 days [21] before the deceased can be cremated. Temporary mortuaries, commonly called 'hotels', are now available for families to store the ...
"Toyo Ito's Japanese Pavilion wins at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012". Dezeen; Frearson, Amy (June 10, 2014). "Japan's biennale pavilion celebrates radical 1970s architecture". Dezeen "Japanese Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale". Artsy. May 18, 2015
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Fumihiko Maki (槇 文彦, Maki Fumihiko, 6 September 1928 – 6 June 2024) was a Japanese architect. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. [1]