Toyo Ito (伊東豊雄, Itō Toyo'o; 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 most innovative and influential architects."
Ito was born in Seoul, South Korea. Ito graduated from Tokyo University's Departm...
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Toyo Ito (伊東豊雄, Itō Toyo'o; 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 most innovative and influential architects."
Ito was born in Seoul, South Korea. Ito graduated from Tokyo University's Department of Architecture in 1965.
After working for Kiyonori Kikutake Architect and Associates from 1965 to 1969, in 1971 he started his own studio in Tokyo, named Urbot ("Urban Robot"). In 1979, the studio name was changed to Toyo Ito & Associates. Throughout his early career Ito constructed numerous private house projects that expressed aspects of urban life in Japan. His most remarkable early conceptual contributions were made through projects of this scale, such as White U (1976) and Silver Hut (1984).
With the Pao for the Tokyo Nomad Girl...
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