Toyo Ito

(1941) japansk arkitekt

Toyo Ito (Japan, b. 1941) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Toyo Ito belongs to the chapter ‘The present day’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Toyo Ito was born in Seoul. Toyo Ito trained at University of Tokyo. Toyo Ito works in Tokyo, London, Barcelona, and Yatsushiro. Toyo Ito became a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The awards include Pritzker Architecture Prize, Royal Gold Medal, Praemium Imperiale, and Golden Lion. The students included Kazuyo Sejima.

The best-known works include ‘Hotel Porta Fira’, ‘National Stadium’, and ‘Sendai Mediatheque’. The catalogue has 10 buildings by Toyo Ito. The dated buildings span the years 2001–2016. The buildings are in places such as L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Kaohsiung, Aoba-ku, Taichung, and Maritime Square (subzone). They are in 5 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Toyo Ito belong to the ‘Contemporary architecture’ style.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Kikō Mozuna, Armen Haghnazarian, Adolfo Natalini, Vlado Milunić, and David Childs.

• National Stadium
• Sendai Mediatheque
• Fira
• Hotel Porta Fira
• Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
• Torre Realia BCN
• VivoCity
• International Museum of the Baroque
• Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture
• Ito-toren