The Sort Of Project That Can Only Be Realized At A Young Age TOYO ITO
WHITE U 1976 (demolished 1997) Tokyo, Japan Residential Built
WHITE U
TOYO ITO
PRE
What’s in a name? Toyo Ito rebranded his office URBOT to Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects in 1979.
Type Commisions: 3 Open Competitions: 0 Invited Competitions: 0
Awards 0
Program Housing: 3 Sports: 0 Culture: 0 Multifunctional: 0 Other: 0
Status Completed: 3 Ongoing: 1 Proposals: unknown
Publications/Media 4
Lectures 0
WHITE U
PRE
1965-1979 Selected Events
Graduated from The University of Tokyo
1969
Worked at Kiyonori Kikutake Architects and Associates
1969
Opened Urban Robot (URBOT) in Tokyo
1971
Aluminum House
1971
Cottage in Sengtaki
1974
House in Sakurajosui
1975
White U
1976
House in Kamiwada
1976
Office rebranded as Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects
1979
TOYO ITO
PROJECT
White U was a one-story reinforced concrete house for his widowed sister and daughters. A habitat of solitude in the city, a curve containing a courtyard.
PROJECT
White U Private Residence 150 sm Tokyo, Japan
WHITE U
TOYO ITO
PROJECT
White U highlights the young office of URBOT and his reimagining of domestic space in the city.
WHITE U
PROJECT
Building Timeline Selected Events
White U constructed
1976
Toyo Ito writes “White Ring”
1976
Published In Japan Architect
1976
Toyo Ito writes “Signs of Light”
1977
White U demolished
1997
White U published in GA 17 Toyo Ito 1970-2001
2001
White U cover of San Rocco, Issue 0
2010
White U published in Toyo Ito 1 1971-2001
2013
TOYO ITO
POST
Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects reaches starchitect status and receives a pritzker prize in 2013. Project Type Commisions: 50+ Open Competitions: 0 Invited Competitions: 2
Awards 16
Projects Housing: 29 Sports: 1 Culture: 34 Multifunctional: 9 Other: 26
Essays 18
Publications/Media 50+
Lectures 50+
WHITE U
POST
1979-Present Selected Events
Office rebranded as Toyo Ito & Associates
1979
Silver Hut is constructed
1986
Architecture Institute of Japan Awards for Silver Hut
1986
Tower of Winds in Tokohama
1986
Sendai Mediatheque is completed
2000
Gold prize of the Japnaese Good Deisgn Award
2001
RIBA Royal Gold Medal
2006
Pritzker Prize for Architecture
2013
UIA Gold Medal
2018
TOYO ITO
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