Sou fujimoto biography

Sou Fujimoto Profile

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Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido, Japan, in and studied architecture at Tokyo University.

He established Sou Fujimoto Architects in Tokyo in The firm has designed many private residences in Japan and Europe, including the Primitive Future House in Basel, Switzerland (). In , Fujimoto completed in Tokyo the Musashino Art University Museum and Library, based on the concept of a single spiral bookshelf, and the “ 5” store for Issey Miyake.

In , he designed the exhibition space for the acclaimed exhibition of Japanese fashion, “Future Beauty,” at the Barbican Gallery in London.

The firm has garnered many awards, including the Rice Design Alliance Prize; the Wallpaper* magazine Design Awards for the Best New Private House (for Final Wooden House, Kamakura, Japan); and the winning award in the World Architectural Festival, Private House Category (also for Final Wooden