TOYO ITO

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

http://www.toyo-ito.co.jp/

WHITE U

Website

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