Metabolism Architecture

One of Japan's most celebrated architects, self-taught in the discipline. Known for exposed concrete architecture that fuses with natural elements of light, water, and wind. Masterworks include the Row House in Sumiyoshi, Church of the Light, and Chichu Art Museum on Naoshima. He received the Pritzker Prize in 1995 and profoundly influences global architecture.

A master of post-war Japanese architecture and world-renowned architect. Establishing international acclaim with Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, his Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics is considered a 20th-century architectural masterpiece. A Pritzker Prize laureate who led the Metabolism movement and made pioneering urban planning proposals.

An avant-garde architectural movement born in Japan in the 1960s. Proposed by students of Kenzo Tange, it advanced the concept of cities and buildings metabolizing like living organisms. Kisho Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower was its iconic symbol. It was a historic movement in which Japan contributed an original theory to global architectural discourse.

The Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, completed in 1972, embodies avant-garde metabolism architecture. Its replaceable capsule structure realizes the movement's philosophy of simultaneity between changeability and permanence. The fusion of mechanical aesthetics in metallic capsules with organic architectural philosophy represents postwar Japanese architectural innovation.

The first Japanese architect to receive the Pritzker Prize. He designed numerous iconic works of modern Japanese architecture, including the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. A master who elevated postwar Japanese architecture to world-class status by fusing traditional Japanese elements with modernism.

An architect internationally renowned for buildings that utilize natural materials such as wood, bamboo, and stone. Advocating 'architecture that loses,' he pursues designs that harmonize with their environment. He designed the new Japan National Stadium and has undertaken numerous international projects including V&A Dundee and the Portland Japanese Garden.

An architectural partnership between Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa. Known for translucent, lightweight architecture, they received the Pritzker Prize in 2010. Their open spatial designs that allow people to circulate freely, as seen in the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa and the Louvre-Lens, are highly acclaimed worldwide.